Meaning of MISREPRESENT
| Pronunciation: | | `misrepri'zent
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- [v] represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
- [v] fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
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| | Synonyms: | | belie, cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
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| | See Also: | | affect, cheat, chisel, color, colour, cook up, dissemble, distort, fabricate, falsify, feign, garble, invent, juggle, make up, manufacture, pretend, represent, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sham, warp | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mis*rep`re*sent"\, v. t.
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to
give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously,
ignirantly, or carelessly. --Swift.
\Mis*rep`re*sent"\, v. i.
To make an incorrect or untrue representation. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | belie, bias, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, cloak, color, confuse, counterfeit, disguise, dissemble, distort, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, feign, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, lie, mangle, mask, miscite, miscolor, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misquote, misrender, misreport, misstate, misteach, misuse, overdraw, overstate, palter, parody, pervert, prevaricate, simulate, slant, strain, titivate, torture, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish, warp, weasel, whitewash, wrench, wrest |
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