单词 | misidentify |
释义 | misidentifyv. transitive. To identify erroneously or incorrectly. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > mistake identity of misknowc1330 miskenc1550 mistake1569 nickname1598 misidentify1895 1895 L. Stejneger in Ann. Rep. U.S. National Mus. 1893 449 The specimens so recorded which I have had an opportunity to examine have either been misidentified, or else the locality was very doubtful. 1924 Geogr. Jrnl. 64 457 A marks the position of Camp IV. (26,700 feet) and G the point reached by Mallory, Norton, and Somervell in 1922, which was probably misidentified and placed too high in the theodolite measure of 1922. 1951 Ess. in Crit. 1 332 He [sc. Iago] pretends ignorance, he pretends helpfulness, he intentionally misidentifies. 1971 Nature 19 Mar. 149/3 This name has been widely used for specimens of the genus in the Mediterranean and northern Europe. Templeman regards them all as having been misidentified. 1984 Listener 24 May 37/2 Doctors are mistaken for patients, patients misidentified and operated on for the wrong disorder, and sometimes forgotten altogether. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1895 |
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