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mischoosing

mischoosing is the present participle and gerund of mischoose.

Meaning of mischoose

Verb

mischoose (third-person singular simple present mischooses, present participle mischoosing, simple past mischose, past participle mischosen)

  1. (ambitransitive) To choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice.
    • Up to a certain point he was a free agent , he could choose his path ; he mischose it , and he was in the toils of necessity1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC

Questions about mischoosing

What is mischoosing the present participle and gerund of?
Mischoosing is the present participle and gerund of mischoose.

Words near mischoosing in the dictionary

  1. Mischnic
  2. mischoice
  3. mischoices
  4. mischoose
  5. mischooses
  6. mischoosing
  7. mischose
  8. mischosen
  9. mischristen
  10. mischristened
  11. mischristening

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