"misidentify" meaning in English

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        "2": "mis",
        "3": "identify"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + identify",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + identify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misidentifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "misidentify (third-person singular simple present misidentifies, present participle misidentifying, simple past and past participle misidentified)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with mis-",
          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mistake the identity of (something or someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-misidentify-en-verb-5f0m87hM",
      "links": [
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mistake the identity of (something or someone)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "deidentify"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "misidentification"
        },
        {
          "word": "unidentified"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misidentify"
}

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        "2": "mis",
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      },
      "expansion": "mis- + identify",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + identify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misidentifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misidentified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "deidentify"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "misidentification"
    },
    {
      "word": "unidentified"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms prefixed with mis-",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mistake the identity of (something or someone)."
      ],
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        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mistake the identity of (something or someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misidentify"
}