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Definition of Misrepresents
1. misrepresent [v] - See also: misrepresent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misrepresents
Literary usage of Misrepresents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... for landing and ! parties, or to go through a legal course of evidence shipping
of goods, is liable to such misrepresents- of the facts. ..."
2. The Theory of Toleration Under the Later Stuarts by Alexander Adam Seaton (1911)
"It has been said that " a disposition is to its appropriate behaviour as a man
is to his shadow. The shadow represents the man, but it often misrepresents ..."
3. History of Massachusetts, for Two Hundred Years: From the Year 1620 to 1820 by Alden Bradford (1835)
"... to establish Episcopacy—Governor Bernard misrepresents the General Court—Complains
that he is attacked in the public prints—Plays prohibited—Slave trade ..."
4. The History of Connecticut by Theodore Dwight (1842)
"Edward Randolph misrepresents the Colonies to the King.— Death of Governor
Leet.—His History and Character.— Claims of the Duke of York and Duke of Hamilton ..."
5. The Law of Promoters: A Treatise on the Law of Promoters of Private by Manfred William Ehrich (1916)
"Where promoter misrepresents facts. The promoter may be compelled to account for
the difference between the price he paid for the property and the price he ..."
6. Lessons from Nature, as Manifested in Mind and Matter by St. George Jackson Mivart (1876)
"... republication by Professor Huxley of his criticism on the ' Genesis of Species/
of which he in part misapprehends, in part misrepresents the arguments. ..."
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