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misactivate

misactivate verb: to activate incorrectly.

Verb

misactivate (third-person singular simple present misactivates, present participle misactivating, simple past and past participle misactivated)

  1. To activate incorrectly

Forms of misactivate

third-person singular presentmisactivates
present participlemisactivating
past participlemisactivated
pastmisactivated

Origin of misactivate

From mis- + activate.

Questions about misactivate

What does misactivate mean?
Misactivate means to activate incorrectly.
What part of speech is misactivate?
Misactivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misactivate?
The past tense of misactivate is misactivated.

Words near misactivate in the dictionary

  1. misact
  2. misacted
  3. misacting
  4. misaction
  5. misactions
  6. misactivate
  7. misactivated
  8. misactivation
  9. misactivations
  10. misacts
  11. misacylated

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