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misimagining

misimagining is the present participle and gerund of misimagine.

Meaning of misimagine

Verb

misimagine (third-person singular simple present misimagines, present participle misimagining, simple past and past participle misimagined)

  1. To imagine incorrectly; to form an inaccurate mental image of.
    • When the fact of their being ice, and not snow, is fully realized, still persons are apt to misimagine their appearance; for they are by no means smooth like our frozen lakes and rivers, but present a very unequal surface, undulating, furrowed, and broken.1892, Thomas Osmond Summers, Switzerland: Historical and Descriptive, page 110

Questions about misimagining

What is misimagining the present participle and gerund of?
Misimagining is the present participle and gerund of misimagine.

Words near misimagining in the dictionary

  1. misimagination
  2. misimaginations
  3. misimagine
  4. misimagined
  5. misimagines
  6. misimagining
  7. Misiman
  8. Misimans
  9. misimitate
  10. misimitated
  11. misimitates

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