miscontinue
miscontinue verb: to continue wrongly.
Verb
miscontinue (third-person singular simple present miscontinues, present participle miscontinuing, simple past and past participle miscontinued)
- To continue wrongly.
- As to the seventh particular, viz. Where the process on an appeal, indictment, or information, shall be said to be discontinued, or miscontinued, or put without day.1795, William Hawkins, Thomas Leach, A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, page 169
- If two parties are at issue in a praecipe quod reddat, and upon part they are at issue by a panel and upon part they are at issue upon a record – such as bastardy certified, or some other estoppel – and the process is continued against the jury but no day is given for brining in the record...1887, The Publications of the Selden Society, page 69
Forms of miscontinue
| third-person singular present | miscontinues |
|---|---|
| present participle | miscontinuing |
| past participle | miscontinued |
| past | miscontinued |
Origin of miscontinue
From mis- + continue.
Questions about miscontinue
- What does miscontinue mean?
- Miscontinue means to continue wrongly.
- What part of speech is miscontinue?
- Miscontinue is a verb.
- What is the past tense of miscontinue?
- The past tense of miscontinue is miscontinued.
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