verb
- to remember incorrectly or inaccurately; to recall something in a way that does not match what actually happened
Usage: transitive verb; formal or literary
Examples
- She misrecollected the date of the meeting and arrived a week late.
- He misrecollected the details of their conversation and gave a false account.
- I may have misrecollected the exact wording of what he said.
- The witness misrecollected the color of the car involved in the accident.
- Don't misrecollect the facts; check your notes before you report them.