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Misinform definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISINFORM', v.t. To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: give false or misleading information to [syn: misinform, mislead]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. give wrong information to, mislead. Derivatives: misinformation n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misinform Mis`in*form", v. t. To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misinform Mis`in*form", v. i. To give untrue information; (with against) to calumniate. [R.] --Bp. Montagu.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(misinforms, misinforming, misinformed) If you are misinformed, you are told something that is wrong or inaccurate. He has been misinformed by members of his own party... The president defended the news blackout, accusing the media of misinforming the people. VERB: be V-ed, V n

Moby Thesaurus

bowl a googly, con, corrupt, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, gull, lead astray, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate, misguide, misinstruct, mislead, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert, throw a curve