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misprofessed

misprofessed is the simple past and past participle of misprofess.

Meaning of misprofess

Verb

misprofess (third-person singular simple present misprofesses, present participle misprofessing, simple past and past participle misprofessed)

  1. (transitive) To profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.
    • Keep me back, O Lord, from them who misprofess arts of healing the soul, or of the body, by means not imprinted by thee in the church for the soul, or not in nature for the body.1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

Questions about misprofessed

What is misprofessed the simple past and past participle of?
Misprofessed is the simple past and past participle of misprofess.

Words near misprofessed in the dictionary

  1. misproduces
  2. misproducing
  3. misproduction
  4. misproductions
  5. misprofess
  6. misprofessed
  7. misprofesses
  8. misprofessing
  9. misprognosticate
  10. misprognosticated
  11. misprognosticates

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