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mispraises

mispraises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mispraise.

Meaning of mispraise

Verb

mispraise (third-person singular simple present mispraises, present participle mispraising, simple past and past participle mispraised)

  1. (rare, transitive) To praise falsely, injudiciously, or without good reason.
    • [T]hough I spend my nights, and dayes, and thoughts, and spirits, and words, and preaching, and writing, upon Princes, and Judges, and Magistrates . . . I have not paid a farthing of my debt to God; I have not praised him, but I have praised them, till not only my selfe, but even they, whom I have...1623, John Donne, The sermons of John Donne, Sermon 12 (Google preview)
  2. (archaic, transitive) To slander, blame, or disparage.
    • On hearing the Duke of Wellington mispraised he defends him, in a sonnet.1949, Lionel Trilling, Matthew Arnold, →ISBN, page 106

Questions about mispraises

What is mispraises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mispraises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mispraise.

Words near mispraises in the dictionary

  1. mispours
  2. mispractice
  3. mispractices
  4. mispraise
  5. mispraised
  6. mispraises
  7. mispraising
  8. mispreach
  9. mispreached
  10. mispreaches
  11. mispreaching

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