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misreceive

misreceive verb: to receive illegitimately or in error.

Verb

misreceive (third-person singular simple present misreceives, present participle misreceiving, simple past and past participle misreceived)

  1. (transitive) To receive illegitimately or in error.

Forms of misreceive

third-person singular presentmisreceives
present participlemisreceiving
past participlemisreceived
pastmisreceived

Origin of misreceive

From mis- + receive.

Questions about misreceive

What does misreceive mean?
Misreceive means to receive illegitimately or in error.
What part of speech is misreceive?
Misreceive is a verb.
What is the past tense of misreceive?
The past tense of misreceive is misreceived.

Words near misreceive in the dictionary

  1. misrecall
  2. misrecalled
  3. misrecalling
  4. misrecalls
  5. misreceipt
  6. misreceive
  7. misreceived
  8. misreceives
  9. misreceiving
  10. misrecital
  11. misrecitals

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