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misforgive

misforgive verb: to misgive.

Verb

misforgive (third-person singular simple present misforgives, present participle misforgiving, simple past misforgave, past participle misforgiven)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To misgive.

Forms of misforgive

third-person singular presentmisforgives
present participlemisforgiving
pastmisforgave
past participlemisforgiven

Origin of misforgive

From Middle English misforgiven, equivalent to mis- + forgive.

Questions about misforgive

What does misforgive mean?
Misforgive means to misgive.
What part of speech is misforgive?
Misforgive is a verb.
What is the past tense of misforgive?
The past tense of misforgive is misforgave.

Words near misforgive in the dictionary

  1. misforecasts
  2. misforge
  3. misforged
  4. misforges
  5. misforging
  6. misforgive
  7. misform
  8. misformat
  9. misformation
  10. misformations
  11. misformats

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