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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret. transitive

   "If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter."

Example

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"If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter."

Etymology

From mis- + mean.

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