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misgoes

misgoes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misgo.

Meaning of misgo

Verb

misgo (third-person singular simple present misgoes, present participle misgoing, simple past miswent, past participle misgone)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
    • Brother Samson, in the time of the Antipopes, had been sent to Rome on business; and, returning successful, was too late,—the business had all misgone in the interim!1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 6, Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk)

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Questions about misgoes

What is misgoes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misgoes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misgo.

Words near misgoes in the dictionary

  1. misgluing
  2. misglycosylated
  3. misglycosylation
  4. misglycosylations
  5. misgo
  6. misgoes
  7. misgoing
  8. misgone
  9. misgot
  10. misgotten
  11. misgovern

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