misengender

misengender verb: to engender wrongly or badly; to misbeget.

Verb

misengender (third-person singular simple present misengenders, present participle misengendering, simple past and past participle misengendered)

To engender wrongly or badly; to misbeget.
- I might relate of numbers, and their names, And fabled origin unfold exact; Misformed, and misengendered wonders strange, Begot of fancy, and endowed with names From fabulous antiquity derived; Telling their deeds recited oft in vain.1856, Edward Howard, The Genesis; a Poem, page 130
- […] themselves but the misengendered brood of the very spirit they deny.1940, Edwin Lewis, A Philosophy of the Christian Revelation, page 27

The similarity between Ham's and Lot's story is unmistakable, particularly as it has to do with lineage and misengendering.1996, David Rosenberg, Genesis as it is Written, page 89:
Despite the nostalgia of Chinese culture displayed in the narrative, Mr Butterfly in the ruins of Chinese civilization indeed 'misengenders' China.2006, Wang I-yen, Yiyan Wang, Narrating China: Jia Pingwa and His Fictional World, page 93:

third-person singular present	misengenders
present participle	misengendering
past participle	misengendered
past	misengendered

From mis- + engender.

What does misengender mean?: Misengender means to engender wrongly or badly; to misbeget.
How do you use misengender in a sentence?: The similarity between Ham's and Lot's story is unmistakable, particularly as it has to do with lineage and misengendering.
What part of speech is misengender?: Misengender is a verb.
What is the past tense of misengender?: The past tense of misengender is misengendered.

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