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misdriving

misdriving is the present participle and gerund of misdrive.

Meaning of misdrive

Verb

misdrive (third-person singular simple present misdrives, present participle misdriving, simple past misdrove, past participle misdriven)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To drive badly or wrongly.
    • Nightly it blazed, and waved its fiery tail,
      And made the dreaded Ursa Major quail;
      Destined but once before her fear to prove,
      When Phaeton the Solar car misdrove.1857, Thomas Baker, The Steam-engine, Or, The Powers of Flame, page 93

Questions about misdriving

What is misdriving the present participle and gerund of?
Misdriving is the present participle and gerund of misdrive.

Words near misdriving in the dictionary

  1. misdreads
  2. misdrew
  3. misdrive
  4. misdriven
  5. misdrives
  6. misdriving
  7. misdrop
  8. misdropped
  9. misdropping
  10. misdrops
  11. misdrove

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