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miscommanding

miscommanding is the present participle and gerund of miscommand.

Meaning of miscommand

Verb

miscommand (third-person singular simple present miscommands, present participle miscommanding, simple past and past participle miscommanded)

  1. To command incompetently.
    • If a Governour make a new Sacrament, I will not obey, because: his command is null, and the thing simply evil. If he miscommand a Circumstance of Time, or Place, or Gesture, I will consider the consequents.1659, Richard Baxter, Five Disputations of Church-government and Worship, page 423

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Questions about miscommanding

What is miscommanding the present participle and gerund of?
Miscommanding is the present participle and gerund of miscommand.

Words near miscommanding in the dictionary

  1. miscomforting
  2. miscomforts
  3. miscoming
  4. miscommand
  5. miscommanded
  6. miscommanding
  7. miscommands
  8. miscomment
  9. miscommented
  10. miscommenting
  11. miscomments

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