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missignify

missignify verb: to signify falsely; to give the appearance of something that is not true.

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
    • These are, then, (dis) simulators, subjects who missignify, who abuse signs for their own pleasure.1999, Josiah Blackmore, Gregory S. Hutcheson, Queer Iberia, page 89

Forms of missignify

third-person singular presentmissignifies
present participlemissignifying
past participlemissignified
pastmissignified

Origin of missignify

From mis- + signify.

Questions about missignify

What does missignify mean?
Missignify means to signify falsely; to give the appearance of something that is not true.
What part of speech is missignify?
Missignify is a verb.
What is the past tense of missignify?
The past tense of missignify is missignified.

Words near missignify in the dictionary

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

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