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misimitates

misimitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misimitate.

Meaning of misimitate

Verb

misimitate (third-person singular simple present misimitates, present participle misimitating, simple past and past participle misimitated)

  1. To imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of
    • Whenever anyone for some reason is motivated to improve his speech, he imitates ( or misimitates ) what he thinks to be the community norm .1969, Working Papers in Linguistics - Volume 1, Parts 4-6, page 87

Questions about misimitates

What is misimitates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misimitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misimitate.

Words near misimitates in the dictionary

  1. misimagining
  2. Misiman
  3. Misimans
  4. misimitate
  5. misimitated
  6. misimitates
  7. misimitating
  8. misimitation
  9. misimitations
  10. misimplant
  11. misimplantation

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