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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mispair en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + pair.

Meanings

  1. To pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.
    • Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair. 1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds, page 185:

Forms

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mispaired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mispaired Tense=Past lexicographic
mispairs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mispairing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic