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misaccentuate

misaccentuate verb: to accentuate incorrectly.

Verb

misaccentuate (third-person singular simple present misaccentuates, present participle misaccentuating, simple past and past participle misaccentuated)

  1. To accentuate incorrectly.

Forms of misaccentuate

third-person singular presentmisaccentuates
present participlemisaccentuating
past participlemisaccentuated
pastmisaccentuated

Origin of misaccentuate

From mis- + accentuate.

Questions about misaccentuate

What does misaccentuate mean?
Misaccentuate means to accentuate incorrectly.
What part of speech is misaccentuate?
Misaccentuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misaccentuate?
The past tense of misaccentuate is misaccentuated.

Words near misaccentuate in the dictionary

  1. Misac
  2. misaccent
  3. misaccented
  4. misaccenting
  5. misaccents
  6. misaccentuate
  7. misaccentuated
  8. misaccentuates
  9. misaccentuating
  10. misaccentuation
  11. misaccentuations

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