misexplicate

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ explicate.

Verb

misexplicate (third-person singular simple present misexplicates, present participle misexplicating, simple past and past participle misexplicated)

1. To explicate incorrectly.
   • 1893 January 14, “Freethought Converting Clergymen”, in The Truth Seeker: A Journal of Freethought and Reform, volume 20, number 2, page 20:

     They hav ^[sic] only misexplicated all its parts after their own happy way.

   • 1987, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism - Volumes 1-2, page 169:

     King Philip misexplicated part of the following threat to Angiers ( 2.1.274-77 ):

   • 1990, Poetica (Tokyo) - Volumes 32-34, page 19:

     Any preaching and exegesis that exploits the ignorance of the 'lewed' by the intellectual games of misquoting, misapplying and misexplicating is rejected as un-Christian and uncharitable.