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misact

misact verb: to act badly or wrongly.

Verb

misact (third-person singular simple present misacts, present participle misacting, simple past and past participle misacted)

  1. (rare) To act badly or wrongly.

Forms of misact

third-person singular presentmisacts
present participlemisacting
past participlemisacted
pastmisacted

Origin of misact

From mis- + act.

Questions about misact

What does misact mean?
Misact means to act badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misact?
Misact is a verb.
What is the past tense of misact?
The past tense of misact is misacted.

Words near misact in the dictionary

  1. misachievements
  2. misacknowledge
  3. misacknowledging
  4. misacquisition
  5. misacquisitions
  6. misact
  7. misacted
  8. misacting
  9. misaction
  10. misactions
  11. misactivate

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