Word Meanings - MISINFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

Related words: (words related to MISINFORM)

• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• INFORMANT
  1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. Glanvill. 2. One who imparts information or instruction.
• INFORMATION
  A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal
• INFORMER
  One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
• INFORMIDABLE
  Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. "Foe not informidable." Milton.
• UNTRUE
  1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue. 2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.
• INFORMED
  Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. Spenser. Informed stars. See under Unformed.
• INFORMALLY
  In an informal manner.
• INFORMATIVE
  Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More.
• INFORMALITY
  1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings. 2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does
• INFORMATORY
  Full of, or conveying, information; instructive. London Spectator.
• INFORM
  Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.
• INFORMAL
  1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit. 2. Deranged in mind; out of
• WRONGLY
  In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak.
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• MISINFORMER
  One who gives or incorrect information.
• OVERINFORM
  To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. Johnson.
• MISINFORM
  To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.
• MISINFORMANT
  A misinformer.