misrecollected; misrecollecting
Definition of misrecollect
: to recollect wrongly
misrecollect a name
: to have a wrong or inaccurate recollection
Dixon too in his elaborate researches into ancient husbandry, if I do not misrecollect, starts no doubt on the subject.— James Madison
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The first known use of misrecollect was in 1787
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