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misimprint

misimprint verb: to imprint wrongly.

Verb

misimprint (third-person singular simple present misimprints, present participle misimprinting, simple past and past participle misimprinted)

  1. To imprint wrongly.
    • That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62

Forms of misimprint

third-person singular presentmisimprints
present participlemisimprinting
past participlemisimprinted
pastmisimprinted

Origin of misimprint

From mis- + imprint.

Questions about misimprint

What does misimprint mean?
Misimprint means to imprint wrongly.
What part of speech is misimprint?
Misimprint is a verb.
What is the past tense of misimprint?
The past tense of misimprint is misimprinted.

Words near misimprint in the dictionary

  1. misimplies
  2. misimply
  3. misimplying
  4. misimpression
  5. misimpressions
  6. misimprint
  7. misimprinted
  8. misimprinting
  9. misimprints
  10. misimprisonment
  11. misimprove

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