misask
misask verb: to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly.
Verb
misask (third-person singular simple present misasks, present participle misasking, simple past and past participle misasked)
- to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly
- Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow?
I may have misasked the question then.1956, Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States - As Godot marks its sixtieth year in the repertory of world drama and as Beckett criticism itself likewise marks some sixty plus years of existence, we might ask ourselves, readers and spectators of Beckett's oeuvre, whether or not we have been mis-asking questions about Beckett's art.2014, S. E. Gontarski, Creative Involution
- Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow?
Forms of misask
| third-person singular present | misasks |
|---|---|
| present participle | misasking |
| past participle | misasked |
| past | misasked |
| alternative form | mis-ask |
Origin of misask
From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask.
Questions about misask
- What does misask mean?
- Misask means to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly.
- What part of speech is misask?
- Misask is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misask?
- The past tense of misask is misasked.
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