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misderives

misderives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misderive.

Meaning of misderive

Verb

misderive (third-person singular simple present misderives, present participle misderiving, simple past and past participle misderived)

  1. (transitive) To derive erroneously.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
    • […] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel.1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

Questions about misderives

What is misderives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misderives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misderive.

Words near misderives in the dictionary

  1. misdepositions
  2. misderivation
  3. misderivations
  4. misderive
  5. misderived
  6. misderives
  7. misderiving
  8. misdescribe
  9. misdescribed
  10. misdescriber
  11. misdescribers

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