Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects.
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- verb transitive To
recollect incorrectly; tomisremember .
Etymologies
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mis- + recollect
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Examples
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As a lawyer, I can tell you that people misrecollect things all the time.
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May 2nd, 2006 at 7:34 pm misrecollect my ass not talkin bout poles n bottoms
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For example, an executive may accurately recall that he was told a fact, but misrecollect which of his subordinates told him the fact.
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As a lawyer, I can tell you that people misrecollect lie about things all the time.
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There are upbeat moments to tap your feet to, and then the melancholy ones that you'd misrecollect, in case you really are putting away a 6er of that beer.
PlugInMusic.com 2009
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Not that people don’t “misrecollect” at times, but, not so much criminal defendents.
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