misname
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of misname
Example Sentences
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And your mother-in-law’s sensitivity does not entitle her to misname you.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022
He saw behind it nothing save an implacable selfishness that chose to misname itself affection.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
This is not for the alleged reason that they contain purins, or as some misname it, uric acid; but because the digestive organs are unequal to the task.
From The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Duncan, A. W.
"You need not misname me," she answered coolly.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
Also a nice, new building is going up next door to it on that little, secret, walled jungle that Ely Crouch used to misname his garden.
From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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