Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To tell or number incorrectly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To tell erroneously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A message sent to an incorrect recipient in an instant messaging program or online game.
  • verb transitive To tell inaccurately.

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ tell; tell is a messaging command on certain chat networks.

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Examples

  • This charming paragraph illustrates the vitality of scandal, and at the same time shows how ludicrously rumor and tradition mistell stories in the face of evidence.

    A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

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