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mischiefing

mischiefing is the present participle and gerund of mischief.

Meaning of mischief

Verb

mischief (third-person singular simple present mischiefs, present participle mischiefing, simple past and past participle mischiefed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To do a mischief to; to harm.
    • "Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly. "He is only one, and I want to mischief all the seven. Scatter and look for them."1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Island Come True”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 86
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To slander.
    • And so it hath been divers times; Men mischiefing the Jews to excuse their own Wickedness: as to instance one Precedent in the time of a certain King of Portugal.1708, John Dunton, The Phenix, page 403

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Questions about mischiefing

What is mischiefing the present participle and gerund of?
Mischiefing is the present participle and gerund of mischief.

Words near mischiefing in the dictionary

  1. mischief-makers
  2. mischiefe
  3. mischiefed
  4. mischiefes
  5. mischiefful
  6. mischiefing
  7. mischiefless
  8. mischiefmaker
  9. mischiefmakers
  10. mischiefmaking
  11. mischiefs

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