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Definition of Misattribute
1. Verb. To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of authorship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misattribute
1. [v -BUTED, -BUTING, -BUTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misattribute
Literary usage of Misattribute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. When I'm 64 by Laura L. Carstensen, Christine R. Hartel (2006)
"That is, they were more likely to attribute (and misattribute) positive features
to chosen options than to rejected options—and more likely to attribute ..."
2. Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. by Randolph Shipley Klein (1986)
"Darwin, however, did misattribute to Agassiz, in the first two editions of the
Origin, a remark on embryology made by von Baer, and thus must somehow have ..."
3. The Geological Record Of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding The Biotic by National Research Council, National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"The pioneers of ecology often overlooked the fact that systems they studied were
far from pristine, leading them to misattribute patterns arising from human ..."
4. Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism, Technology by Ad Graafland, Leslie Jaye Kavanaugh, George Baird (2006)
"... collective existence whose effects are active and socially formative, and
which we for the most part entirely misattribute to other levels of agency. ..."
5. Synonyms and Antonyms by Charles John Smith (1867)
"misattribute. Mi«- trace. DEROGATE, v. int. Derogare. To ask tbe votes of tbe
Roman people concerning tbe modification of a law. ..."
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