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misentreat

misentreat verb: to treat wrongfully.

Verb

misentreat (third-person singular simple present misentreats, present participle misentreating, simple past and past participle misentreated)

  1. (obsolete) To treat wrongfully.
    • A clerke‥sayd it was not hones […]to mysentrete the holy body by vyolente hondes.1483, Jacobus (de Voragine), William Caxton, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The golden legend, or, Lives of the saints

Forms of misentreat

third-person singular presentmisentreats
present participlemisentreating
past participlemisentreated
pastmisentreated

Origin of misentreat

From mis- + entreat.

Questions about misentreat

What does misentreat mean?
Misentreat means to treat wrongfully.
What part of speech is misentreat?
Misentreat is a verb.
What is the past tense of misentreat?
The past tense of misentreat is misentreated.

Words near misentreat in the dictionary

  1. misenters
  2. misentitle
  3. misentitled
  4. misentitles
  5. misentitling
  6. misentreat
  7. misentreated
  8. misentreating
  9. misentreats
  10. misentries
  11. misentry

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