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Definition of Misstate
1. Verb. State something incorrectly. "You misstated my position"
Definition of Misstate
1. v. t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate.
Definition of Misstate
1. Verb. To make a statement that is in error, to say incorrectly, have a slip of the tongue. Implies an unintentional error in speaking rather than an intentional lie. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misstate
1. to state wrongly [v -STATED, -STATING, -STATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misstate
Literary usage of Misstate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... they state the law correctly, and do not misstate it in any particular, and
no proper instruction asked for has been refused, the verdict will not be ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... sittings of the convention, in presence of his colleagues, in presence of the
legislature, to misstate these objects and provisions, I do not believe. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to Actions and the Forms by Joseph Chitty (1809)
"... brought afterwards against him ;(/i) aiul if the plaintiff misstate hia cause
of action, and the defendant demur, the plaintiff" is certainly not ..."
4. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1918)
"730, 22 LRA 331, 7 CCA 444, holding insured not precluded by warrant in application
from showing misstate- ment of agent. Parol evidence rule as to varying ..."
5. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society: Containing the by Hugh Robert Mill (1895)
"The Dominican Republic and the Emperor Soulouque: being Remarks and Strictures
on the misstate- ments, and a Refutation of the Calumnies, of M. D'Alaux ..."
6. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable George Canning by John Styles (1830)
"... in a sort of compromise of common joy, to forget orto misstate the causes from
which Unit ... misstate ..."
7. A Synopsis of Popery, as it was and as it is by William Hogan (1847)
"... and then in English, and appeal to any Roman Catholic priest or bishop in the
world, whether so far I misstate or misrepresent facts. ..."
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