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miskeep

miskeep verb: to keep ill or wrongly.

Verb

miskeep (third-person singular simple present miskeeps, present participle miskeeping, simple past and past participle miskept)

  1. (transitive) To keep ill or wrongly.

Forms of miskeep

third-person singular presentmiskeeps
present participlemiskeeping
past participlemiskept
pastmiskept

Origin of miskeep

From mis- + keep.

Questions about miskeep

What does miskeep mean?
Miskeep means to keep ill or wrongly.
What part of speech is miskeep?
Miskeep is a verb.
What is the past tense of miskeep?
The past tense of miskeep is miskept.

Words near miskeep in the dictionary

  1. miskal
  2. miskals
  3. Miskas
  4. Miske
  5. miskeen
  6. miskeep
  7. miskeeping
  8. miskeeps
  9. Miskell
  10. Miskells
  11. misken

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