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missignifies

missignifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 missignifies

What is missignifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Missignifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of missignify.

Words near missignifies in the dictionary

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

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