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单词 mistell
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mistellv.

Brit. /mɪsˈtɛl/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtɛl/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle mistold;
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and tell v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, tell v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + tell v. Sc. National Dict. s.v. records use of sense 2b in 1963 from the counties of Fife, Galloway, and Selkirk.
1. transitive. To number incorrectly; to miscount. Also intransitive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)]
mistella1475
mischargec1495
misreckon1524
miscount1548
miscast1605
misnumber1614
miscompute1637
mistake1704
miscalculate1727
under-estimate1812
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 17618 (MED) Thys hand ek falsly beyth and sylleth, And in reknynge thys hand mystelleth.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/2 You have mystolde, for there was no lesse in the purce.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph of Faith in tr. Deuine Weekes & Wks. 553 That Bizantian Prince, that did mis-tell A foure-fold Essence in the onely One.
1622 N. Breton Strange Newes in Wks. (1879) 5 Their prayers are all by the dozen, when if they miss-tell one, they thinke all the rest lost.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Mistellen, to Mistell, or to Miscount.
2.
a. transitive. To relate or retell incorrectly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)]
misreportc1450
mistell1565
misrecite1573
misrelate1621
misstate1643
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iv. 243 M. Hardinge mistelleth his authours tale, and auoucheth that, he neuer meante.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Mistel, to tell unfaithfully or inaccurately.
1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxix. 240 Let the story be ever so mistold.
1995 ‘Beyond NAFTA’ Conference Report—Full in misc.activism.progressive (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Mar. Community activists have had bad experiences when their time was wasted, knowledge appropriated without reciprocity, words distorted, stories mistold, and promises forgotten.
b. transitive. To misinform. Now Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) > misinform
misinforma1393
plum1561
mistell1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 141 One who could never mistake himself, nor mistel us.
1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 68 Noo! that minister had a wife o' his ain at hame, if A'm no mistell't.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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