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misgesturing

misgesturing is the present participle and gerund 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 misgesturing

What is misgesturing the present participle and gerund of?
Misgesturing is the present participle and gerund of misgesture.

Words near misgesturing in the dictionary

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

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