Definition of misremember
misremembered;
misremembering
transitive + intransitive
1
: to remember incorrectly
- When people report on complex social or political situations, they may misremember many of the specifics … yet can accurately describe the basic situation that took place.
- —Rita L. Atkinson et al.
- Perhaps I misremember. But I think not.
- —Anne F. Thurston
2
chiefly dialectal
: to be unable to remember : forget
- … I misremember what I came here for.
- —Rudyard Kipling
