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misincline

misincline verb: to cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.

Verb

misincline (third-person singular simple present misinclines, present participle misinclining, simple past and past participle misinclined)

  1. (passive, rare, transitive, usually) To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.

Forms of misincline

third-person singular presentmisinclines
present participlemisinclining
past participlemisinclined
pastmisinclined

Origin of misincline

From mis- + incline.

Questions about misincline

What does misincline mean?
Misincline means to cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.
What part of speech is misincline?
Misincline is a verb.
What is the past tense of misincline?
The past tense of misincline is misinclined.

Words near misincline in the dictionary

  1. misin
  2. misincentive
  3. misincentives
  4. misinclination
  5. misinclinations
  6. misincline
  7. misinclined
  8. misinclines
  9. misinclining
  10. misinclude
  11. misincluded

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