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misweaving

misweaving is the present participle and gerund of misweave.

Meaning of misweave

Verb

misweave (third-person singular simple present misweaves, present participle misweaving, simple past miswove, past participle miswoven)

  1. To weave improperly.
    • Were some ordained their lives in pits to spend, From infant years until their latter end, Nor see creation, hill nor dell nor grove, Their threads of life misspun, the web miswove, Without due knowledge, in their dark abode, Of fellow-man, far less the living God?1861, John Ritchie, The Sabbeth Bell, page 14

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Questions about misweaving

What is misweaving the present participle and gerund of?
Misweaving is the present participle and gerund of misweave.

Words near misweaving in the dictionary

  1. miswear
  2. miswearing
  3. miswears
  4. misweave
  5. misweaves
  6. misweaving
  7. miswed
  8. miswedded
  9. miswedding
  10. misweds
  11. misween

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