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misraise

misraise verb: to raise unreasonably.

Verb

misraise (third-person singular simple present misraises, present participle misraising, simple past and past participle misraised)

  1. (transitive) To raise unreasonably.
    • misraised children
    • to misraise one's offspring

Forms of misraise

third-person singular presentmisraises
present participlemisraising
past participlemisraised
pastmisraised

Origin of misraise

From mis- + raise.

Questions about misraise

What does misraise mean?
Misraise means to raise unreasonably.
What part of speech is misraise?
Misraise is a verb.
What is the past tense of misraise?
The past tense of misraise is misraised.

Words near misraise in the dictionary

  1. misrable
  2. misrace
  3. misraced
  4. misraces
  5. misracing
  6. misraise
  7. misraised
  8. misraises
  9. misraising
  10. misran
  11. misrang

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