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misgreeted

misgreeted is the simple past and past participle of misgreet.

Meaning of misgreet

Verb

misgreet (third-person singular simple present misgreets, present participle misgreeting, simple past and past participle misgreeted)

  1. To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult
    • If any of the gild misgreet another, let him pay a syster of honey, unless with two friends he can clear himself.1841, Sharon Turner, The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest, Volume 2

Questions about misgreeted

What is misgreeted the simple past and past participle of?
Misgreeted is the simple past and past participle of misgreet.

Words near misgreeted in the dictionary

  1. misgrasp
  2. misgrasped
  3. misgrasping
  4. misgrasps
  5. misgreet
  6. misgreeted
  7. misgreeting
  8. misgreets
  9. misgrew
  10. misgrieve
  11. misgrieved

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