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miscleave

miscleave verb: to cleave wrongly.

Verb

miscleave (third-person singular simple present miscleaves, present participle miscleaving, simple past miscleft or misclove or miscleaved, past participle miscleft or misclove or miscleaved or miscloven)

  1. (transitive) To cleave wrongly.

Forms of miscleave

third-person singular presentmiscleaves
present participlemiscleaving
pastmiscleft
pastmisclove
pastmiscleaved
past participlemiscleft
past participlemisclove
past participlemiscleaved
past participlemiscloven

Origin of miscleave

From mis- + cleave.

Questions about miscleave

What does miscleave mean?
Miscleave means to cleave wrongly.
What part of speech is miscleave?
Miscleave is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscleave?
The past tense of miscleave is miscleft.

Words near miscleave in the dictionary

  1. miscleaned
  2. miscleaning
  3. miscleans
  4. miscleavage
  5. miscleavages
  6. miscleave
  7. miscleaved
  8. miscleaves
  9. miscleaving
  10. misclick
  11. misclicked

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