disinform
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.
Verb edit
disinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)
- (transitive) To supply with disinformation.
- 2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times[1]:
- The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.