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misconfiding

misconfiding is the present participle and gerund of misconfide.

Meaning of misconfide

Verb

misconfide (third-person singular simple present misconfides, present participle misconfiding, simple past and past participle misconfided)

  1. To confide in someone who does not deserve such trust.
    • Though nothing can be more illegal than misconfiding to the gaoler, by the second clause of the act relating to the management of gaols—the 5th and 6th William IV,— a power which is taken from the local magistrates themselves by the Abolition Act, namely, that of punishing the apprentices; yet a...1838, Jamaica under the apprenticeship system, page 25

Questions about misconfiding

What is misconfiding the present participle and gerund of?
Misconfiding is the present participle and gerund of misconfide.

Words near misconfiding in the dictionary

  1. misconfide
  2. misconfided
  3. misconfidence
  4. misconfident
  5. misconfides
  6. misconfiding
  7. misconfiguration
  8. misconfigurations
  9. misconfigure
  10. misconfigured
  11. misconfigures

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