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misnurture

misnurture verb: to nurture or train wrongly.

Verb

misnurture (third-person singular simple present misnurtures, present participle misnurturing, simple past and past participle misnurtured)

  1. (transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
    • Manasseh was religiously bred under Hezekiah; Josiah was misnurtured under Amon: and yet Manasseh runs into absurd idolatries […]1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of misnurture

third-person singular presentmisnurtures
present participlemisnurturing
past participlemisnurtured
pastmisnurtured

Origin of misnurture

From mis- + nurture.

Questions about misnurture

What does misnurture mean?
Misnurture means to nurture or train wrongly.
What part of speech is misnurture?
Misnurture is a verb.
What is the past tense of misnurture?
The past tense of misnurture is misnurtured.

Words near misnurture in the dictionary

  1. misnumbers
  2. misnumerate
  3. misnumerated
  4. misnumerates
  5. misnumerating
  6. misnurture
  7. misnurtured
  8. misnurtures
  9. misnurturing
  10. misnutrition
  11. Misny

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