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missought

missought is the simple past and past participle of misseek.

Meaning of misseek

Verb

misseek (third-person singular simple present misseeks, present participle misseeking, simple past and past participle missought)

  1. (obsolete) To seek for wrongly.
    • And yet the thing that most is your desire, / Ye do misseek, with more travail and care!c. 1527–1542, Sir Thomas Wyatt, “Of the Mean and Sure Estate (written to John Poyntz)”, in Edward Arber, editor, The Surrey & Wyatt anthology, 1509-1547, published 1901, page 7

Questions about missought

What is missought the simple past and past participle of?
Missought is the simple past and past participle of misseek.

Words near missought in the dictionary

  1. missoriums
  2. missort
  3. missorted
  4. missorting
  5. missorts
  6. missought
  7. Missoula
  8. Missoula County
  9. Missoulian
  10. Missoulians
  11. missound

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