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missignified

missignified is the simple past and past participle of missignify.

Meaning of missignify

Verb

missignify (third-person singular simple present missignifies, present participle missignifying, simple past and past participle missignified)

  1. To signify falsely; to give the appearance of something that is not true.
    • It was unconsciounable that the sign should missignify, the costume deceive.1996, David Cressy, “Gender Trouble and Cross-Dressing in Early Modern England”, in Journal of British Studies, volume 35, number 4, page 442

Questions about missignified

What is missignified the simple past and past participle of?
Missignified is the simple past and past participle of missignify.

Words near missignified in the dictionary

  1. missignaling
  2. missignalled
  3. missignalling
  4. missignals
  5. missigned
  6. missignified
  7. missignifies
  8. missignify
  9. missignifying
  10. missigning
  11. missignings

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