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mistered

mistered is the simple past and past participle of mister.

Meaning of mister

Verb (1)

mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To address by the title of "mister".
    • “Hush! hush! Mr. Sikes,” said the Jew, trembling; “don’t speak so loud!”
      “None of your mistering,” replied the ruffian; “you always mean mischief when you come that. You know my name: out with it! I shan’t disgrace it when the time comes.”1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Verb (2)

mister (third-person singular simple present misters, present participle mistering, simple past and past participle mistered)

  1. (impersonal, obsolete) To be necessary; to matter.
    • As for my name, it mistreth not to tell;
      Call me the Squyre of Dames that me beseemeth well.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii

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Questions about mistered

What is mistered the simple past and past participle of?
Mistered is the simple past and past participle of mister.

Words near mistered in the dictionary

  1. Mister Presidents
  2. Mister Right
  3. Mister Rights
  4. Mister Wrong
  5. Mister Wrongs
  6. mistered
  7. misteress
  8. misteresses
  9. misteries
  10. mistering
  11. misterm

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