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mislays

mislays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mislay.

Meaning of mislay

Verb

mislay (third-person singular simple present mislays, present participle mislaying, simple past and past participle mislaid)

  1. (transitive) To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
    • He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.1971, Nancy Anne Dyer, Tokugawa to Meiji Japan: a Resource Guide for Teachers, page 140
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To err in placing something.
    • [F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]1601, William Barlow, A Sermon Preached at Paules Crosse, on the First Sunday in Lent; […], London: […] [R. Read] for Mathew Law, […], signature C iii., recto

Questions about mislays

What is mislays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mislays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mislay.

Words near mislays in the dictionary

  1. mislayals
  2. mislayer
  3. mislayers
  4. mislaying
  5. mislayings
  6. mislays
  7. misle
  8. mislead
  9. misleadable
  10. misleaded
  11. misleader

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