misascribe

English

Etymology

mis- + ascribe

Verb

misascribe (third-person singular simple present misascribes, present participle misascribing, simple past and past participle misascribed)

  1. (transitive) To ascribe wrongly.
    Some people misascribe the works of Shakespeare to other writers.

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