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miscover

miscover verb: to cover (all senses) wrongly or incorrectly.

Verb

miscover (third-person singular simple present miscovers, present participle miscovering, simple past and past participle miscovered)

  1. (transitive) To cover (all senses) wrongly or incorrectly.
    • When the interpreter miscovered initially your production level for examiners, I thought maybe your paperless system was already in effect.1987, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society

Forms of miscover

third-person singular presentmiscovers
present participlemiscovering
past participlemiscovered
pastmiscovered

Origin of miscover

From mis- + cover.

Questions about miscover

What does miscover mean?
Miscover means to cover (all senses) wrongly or incorrectly.
What part of speech is miscover?
Miscover is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscover?
The past tense of miscover is miscovered.

Words near miscover in the dictionary

  1. miscounter
  2. miscounters
  3. miscounting
  4. miscountings
  5. miscounts
  6. miscover
  7. miscoverage
  8. miscoverages
  9. miscovered
  10. miscovering
  11. miscovers

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