Word Meanings - MISCLAIM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mistaken claim.

Related words: (words related to MISCLAIM)

• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• CLAIMABLE
  Capable of being claimed.
• CLAIM
  1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact. 2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession
• CLAIMLESS
  Having no claim.
• CLAIMANT
  One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
• MISTAKENLY
  By mistake. Goldsmith.
• MISTAKENNESS
  Erroneousness.
• CLAIMER
  One who claims; a claimant.
• RECLAIMABLE
  That may be reclaimed.
• RECLAIMER
  One who reclaims.
• ACCLAIM
  1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
• RECLAIM
  To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. A tract of land snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
• NONCLAIM
  A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
• MISCLAIM
  A mistaken claim.
• IRRECLAIMABLE
  Incapable of being reclaimed. Addison. -- Ir`re*claim"a*bly, ad
• PROCLAIM
  1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace. To proclaim liberty to the captives. Isa. lxi. 1. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Shak.
• DECLAIM
  1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak
• PROCLAIMER
  One who proclaims.
• RECLAIMANT
  One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
• DECLAIMER
  One who declaims; an haranguer.
• EXCLAIM
  To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.
• ACCLAIMER
  One who acclaims.
• DECLAIMANT
  A declaimer.
• QUITCLAIM
  A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the
• DISCLAIM
  To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill. Syn. -- To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate. (more info) 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or