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misgestured

misgestured is the simple past and past participle of misgesture.

Meaning of misgesture

Verb

misgesture (third-person singular simple present misgestures, present participle misgesturing, simple past and past participle misgestured)

  1. To make the wrong gesture.
    • This flesh of ours is not a good feruant, vnlesse it helpe vs in the best offices: The God of Spirits doth most respect the soule of our deuotion; yet, it is both vnmannerly and irreligious, to be misgestured in our Prayers.1621, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vowes Divine and Morall, page 824

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Questions about misgestured

What is misgestured the simple past and past participle of?
Misgestured is the simple past and past participle of misgesture.

Words near misgestured in the dictionary

  1. misgenerating
  2. misgenotype
  3. misgenotyped
  4. misgenotyping
  5. misgesture
  6. misgestured
  7. misgestures
  8. misgesturing
  9. misget
  10. misgets
  11. misgetting

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