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mispaste

mispaste verb: to paste incorrectly.

Verb

mispaste (third-person singular simple present mispastes, present participle mispasting, simple past and past participle mispasted)

  1. To paste incorrectly.
    • One of the girls said later, "I had much trouble making this picture, mispasting the scraps, putting on too much paste, etc.1951, School Arts - Volume 51, page 18
    • An historian should not mispaste his memories.1987, River Styx - Issues 21-24, page 10

Forms of mispaste

third-person singular presentmispastes
present participlemispasting
past participlemispasted
pastmispasted

Origin of mispaste

From mis- + paste.

Questions about mispaste

What does mispaste mean?
Mispaste means to paste incorrectly.
What part of speech is mispaste?
Mispaste is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispaste?
The past tense of mispaste is mispasted.

Words near mispaste in the dictionary

  1. misparted
  2. misparting
  3. misparts
  4. mispass
  5. mispassion
  6. mispaste
  7. mispasted
  8. mispastes
  9. mispasting
  10. mispatch
  11. mispatched

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