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mistoning

mistoning is the present participle and gerund of mistone.

Meaning of mistone

Verb

mistone (third-person singular simple present mistones, present participle mistoning, simple past and past participle mistoned)

  1. (transitive) To give a bad or wrong tone to.
    • On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]1895, Henry Maudsley, The Pathology of Mind, page 541

Questions about mistoning

What is mistoning the present participle and gerund of?
Mistoning is the present participle and gerund of mistone.

Words near mistoning in the dictionary

  1. mistokenizing
  2. mistold
  3. mistone
  4. mistoned
  5. mistones
  6. mistoning
  7. mistonusk
  8. mistook
  9. mistook windmills for giants
  10. mistoss
  11. mistossed

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