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mislined

mislined is the simple past and past participle of misline.

Meaning of misline

Verb

misline (third-person singular simple present mislines, present participle mislining, simple past and past participle mislined)

  1. To incorrectly divide into lines.
    • If the addition was in verse, he might set it up as prose or misline it, placing perhaps too many or too few feet in a line and thus throwing out the whole arrangement of the verse.1931, Lawrence Counselman Wroth, The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine, page 338

Questions about mislined

What is mislined the simple past and past participle of?
Mislined is the simple past and past participle of misline.

Words near mislined in the dictionary

  1. misliking
  2. mislikings
  3. mislin
  4. misline
  5. mislineation
  6. mislined
  7. mislines
  8. misling
  9. mislining
  10. mislink
  11. mislinkage

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