Explain and Misrelate

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Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Misrelate is an antonym for explain.

Misrelate verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.

Usage example: that Hollywood anecdote has been misrelated so many times that at this point no one knows what was actually said

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Explain is an antonym for misrelate.

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