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mispair

mispair verb: to pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.

Verb

mispair (third-person singular simple present mispairs, present participle mispairing, simple past and past participle mispaired)

  1. To pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.
    • Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds...

Forms of mispair

third-person singular presentmispairs
present participlemispairing
past participlemispaired
pastmispaired

Origin of mispair

From mis- + pair.

Questions about mispair

What does mispair mean?
Mispair means to pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.
What part of speech is mispair?
Mispair is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispair?
The past tense of mispair is mispaired.

Words near mispair in the dictionary

  1. mispaid
  2. mispaint
  3. mispainted
  4. mispainting
  5. mispaints
  6. mispair
  7. mispaired
  8. mispairing
  9. mispairings
  10. mispairs
  11. misparaphrase

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