misrecollect

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verb

To recollect incorrectly; to misremember.

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Meanings

verbmisrecollect (third-person singular simple present misrecollects, present participle misrecollecting, simple past and past participle misrecollected)

present singular third person misrecollects · participle present misrecollecting · participle past misrecollected · past misrecollected

  1. transitiveTo recollect incorrectly; to misremember.

    It means he may have misrecollected what happened.”

    2007 February 21, Neil A. Lewis, “In Closing Pleas, Clashing Views on Libby’s Role”, in New York Times

Origin

From mis- + recollect.

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APA

misrecollect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrecollect

MLA

“misrecollect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrecollect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misrecollect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrecollect.

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