misrelation

[Pref. mis-, and Eng. rela tion (q.v.).] The act of relating wrongly; a false or incorrect relation or narrative. *mis-re-ligion, s. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. religion (q.v.).] False religion. tmis-rě měm-běr, v. t. & i. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. remember (q. v.).] A. Trans.: Not to remember; to remember imperfectly; to forget. "Misremembering one worde of his."- Sir T. More: Works, p. 1,139. B. In trans.: To remember imperfectly; to mistake in remembering. "Having inquired how long he had kept the wood in seasoning before I had the mortar, he answered me (if I much misremember not) twenty years."-Boyle: Works, i. 449. mis-rěn-der, v. t. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. render (q. v.).] To render, construe, or translate incorrectly. "Polished and fashionable expre ions in their own language, how coarsely soever they have been misrendered in ours."-Boyle: Works , ii. 297. 2730 mis-rě-pört', v. t. [Pref: mis-, and Eng. report, v. (q. v.)] 1. To report wrongly or falsely, to give a false or incorrect account of. the Duke of York." - Baker: Henry VI. (an 1459.) "That none should misreport or dispute the actions of *2. To speak ill of, to slander. "A man that never yet Did, as he vouchsafes, misreport your grace." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , v. 1. mis-rě-pört', s. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. report , s. (q. v.)] A false report or misrepresentation. *mis-rě-pört-er, s. [Eng. misreport; -er.] One who misreports. "We find you shameful liars and misreporters ." -Phil pott : Works , p. 115. mis-rěp-rě-şěnt, v. t. & i. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. represent (q. v.).] A. Trans .: To represent falsely or incorrectly; to give a false, incorrect, or imperfect representation or account of, either intentionally or from carele ne . "A writer lies under no very pre ing temptation to misrepresent transactions of ancient date." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. i. *B. In trans.: To present false or incorrect representation or images. "Do my eyes misrepresent?" Milton: Samson Agonistes, 124. mis-rěp-rě-şěnt-ā-tion, s. [Preffix mis-, and Eng. representation (q. v.).] 1. The act of misrepresenting or misreporting; the giving a false or incorrect representation. "By how much the worse, and more scandalous the misrepresentation is, by so much the gro er and more intol. erable must be the idolatry."-South: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 4. 2. A false or incorrect representation or account, made either intentionally or through carele ne or ignorance.