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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misintend en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + intend.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To intend, purpose, or direct amiss or wrongfully; mismean.
    • He is now misintending: he has a false intention. 1992, Samuel Charles Coval, Peter G. Campbell, Agency in action: the practical rational agency machine - Page 114:
    • Come therefore, gentle death, and ease my griefe; Cut short what malice Fortune misintends. 1967, Arthur Freeman, Thomas Kyd: facts and problems - Page 145:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misintended Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misintended Tense=Past lexicographic
misintending Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misintends Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

misintention · misintending · misintended