misutter
misutter verb: to utter incorrectly; to garble.
Verb
misutter (third-person singular simple present misutters, present participle misuttering, simple past and past participle misuttered)
- To utter incorrectly; to garble.
- And if any mishear or misutter it, even that also serves, since it warns.1883, Meeds Tuthill, The Civil Polity of the United States Considered in Its Theory and Practice, page 240
- And this Spirit of Fire does not misutter our prayers to those whom we worship.1979, Elisabeth Tooker, Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands, page 194
Forms of misutter
| third-person singular present | misutters |
|---|---|
| present participle | misuttering |
| past participle | misuttered |
| past | misuttered |
Origin of misutter
From mis- + utter.
Questions about misutter
- What does misutter mean?
- Misutter means to utter incorrectly; to garble.
- What part of speech is misutter?
- Misutter is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misutter?
- The past tense of misutter is misuttered.
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