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misprofessing

misprofessing is the present participle and gerund 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 misprofessing

What is misprofessing the present participle and gerund of?
Misprofessing is the present participle and gerund of misprofess.

Words near misprofessing in the dictionary

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

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