misallying
misallying is the present participle and gerund of misally.
Meaning of misally
Verb
misally (third-person singular simple present misallies, present participle misallying, simple past and past participle misallied)
- To wrongly join together; to wrongly ally with or to.
- 'Tis my beliefwhen, things are misallied,
The sooner they part company the better.1861, C. J. Hempel, Friedrich Schiller, Complete Works. Ed. with Careful Rev. and New Tr., page 423
- 'Tis my beliefwhen, things are misallied,
- To marry badly; to marry an inferior
- Despotism, ... misled him to place nearly all his family on thrones, ... and misally himself with a foreign princess, whose family and country were his unappeasable enemies.1845, Charles Jared Ingersoll, History of the second war between the United States of America and Great Britain, page 278
Questions about misallying
- What is misallying the present participle and gerund of?
- Misallying is the present participle and gerund of misally.
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