"disinform" meaning in English

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        "2": "disinformation"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from disinformation",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis",
        "3": "inform"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- + inform",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disinforms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinforming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinformed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinformed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "disinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "disinformer"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To supply with disinformation."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "disinformation",
          "disinformation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To supply with disinformation."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "disinformation"
        },
        {
          "word": "misinform"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "disinform"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "disinformer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "disinformation"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from disinformation",
      "name": "back-form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis",
        "3": "inform"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- + inform",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from disinformation, equivalent to dis- + inform.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disinforms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinforming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinformed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disinformed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "disinform (third-person singular simple present disinforms, present participle disinforming, simple past and past participle disinformed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "disinformation"
    },
    {
      "word": "misinform"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English back-formations",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with dis-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 May 25, “Of Memory and Israel”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The relationship between memory as lived and history as documented is always a complex dialogue — each informing, and disinforming, the other.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To supply with disinformation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disinformation",
          "disinformation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To supply with disinformation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "disinform"
}