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misowning

misowning is the present participle and gerund of misown.

Meaning of misown

Verb

misown (third-person singular simple present misowns, present participle misowning, simple past and past participle misowned)

  1. (transitive) To own, claim, or appropriate wrongly or amiss; fail to own; disown.
    • A thetan very often carries with him a theta body which he mocked up on the past track and which is a number of facsimiles of old bodies he has misowned and is carrying along with him as control mechanisms which he uses […]1977, La Fayette Ron Hubbard, Pat Brice, Laurel Rock, Have you lived before this life?

Questions about misowning

What is misowning the present participle and gerund of?
Misowning is the present participle and gerund of misown.

Words near misowning in the dictionary

  1. misotheist
  2. misotheistic
  3. misotheists
  4. misown
  5. misowned
  6. misowning
  7. misowns
  8. misoxeny
  9. misozoic
  10. misozuke
  11. mispace

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