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mislace

mislace verb: to lace improperly.

Verb

mislace (third-person singular simple present mislaces, present participle mislacing, simple past and past participle mislaced)

  1. To lace improperly.
    • I opened a book which seemed to be mislaced, and found a thousand-franc note in it.1901, Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury, Comédie Humaine, page 373
    • He dressed quickly, missing buttons, mislacing his high shoes, and he went out into the neon night.1978, Samuel Astrachan, Katz-Cohen: A Novel, page 284

Forms of mislace

third-person singular presentmislaces
present participlemislacing
past participlemislaced
pastmislaced

Origin of mislace

From mis- + lace.

Questions about mislace

What does mislace mean?
Mislace means to lace improperly.
What part of speech is mislace?
Mislace is a verb.
What is the past tense of mislace?
The past tense of mislace is mislaced.

Words near mislace in the dictionary

  1. mislabels
  2. mislabour
  3. mislaboured
  4. mislabouring
  5. mislabours
  6. mislace
  7. mislaced
  8. mislaces
  9. mislacing
  10. mislaid
  11. mislaid property

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