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misacknowledging

misacknowledging is the present participle and gerund of misacknowledge.

Meaning of misacknowledge

Verb

misacknowledge (third-person singular simple present misacknowledges, present participle misacknowledging, simple past and past participle misacknowledged)

  1. (rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
    • I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight[…]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about misacknowledging

What is misacknowledging the present participle and gerund of?
Misacknowledging is the present participle and gerund of misacknowledge.

Words near misacknowledging in the dictionary

  1. misaccusing
  2. Misach
  3. misachievement
  4. misachievements
  5. misacknowledge
  6. misacknowledging
  7. misacquisition
  8. misacquisitions
  9. misact
  10. misacted
  11. misacting

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