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. - 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 - INFORMATIVE
Having power to inform, animate, or vivify. Dr. H. More. - 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.