Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tell or number incorrectly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tell erroneously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
message sent to an incorrectrecipient in aninstant messaging program oronline game . - verb transitive To
tell inaccurately .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
mis- + tell; tell is a messaging command on certain chat networks.
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Examples
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This charming paragraph illustrates the vitality of scandal, and at the same time shows how ludicrously rumor and tradition mistell stories in the face of evidence.
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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