misascribe

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ ascribe

Verb

misascribe (third-person singular simple present misascribes, present participle misascribing, simple past and past participle misascribed)

1. (transitive) To ascribe wrongly.

   Some people misascribe the works of Shakespeare to other writers.

Related terms

• misascription

References

• “misascribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.