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Misinform

To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

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Amplify 76% connected

To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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Betray 76% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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Deceive 76% connected

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

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Equivocate 76% connected

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

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Exaggerate 76% connected

To heap up; to accumulate.

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Hyperbolize 76% connected

To speak or write with exaggeration.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Magnify 76% connected

To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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Overdraw 76% connected

To exaggerate; to overdo.

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Overstate 76% connected

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

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Palter 76% connected

To haggle.

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Prevaricate 76% connected

To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevar…

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Tergiversate 76% connected

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Mislead 92% connected

To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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