misproclaim

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ proclaim.

Verb

misproclaim (third-person singular simple present misproclaims, present participle misproclaiming, simple past and past participle misproclaimed)

1. To proclaim wrongly, such as by proclaiming false information, or proclaiming in the wrong manner.
   • 1987, Martha Noel Evans, Masks of Tradition, page 97:

     Not only is it a switch to allegory in a realistic novel, not only does it misproclaim its own message, it is not even really a murder!

   • 2017, Dan Nighswander, 1 Corinthians:

     Since the Lord's Supper is a proclamation of Jesus' death (v. 26), those who practice it in an unworthy manner are misproclaiming and thus are answerable for the body and blood of the Lord (v. 27).

   • 2020, Lisa Collinson, Torgeir Landro, Bertil Nilsson, The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law, page 88:

     And if they do not carve them in this way, or if they misproclaim feast days or ember days, then they owe three marks to the bishop.