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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

misput en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + put.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To put badly or wrongly.
    • It all springs from misputting the problem. 1911, The Journal of Philosophy, volume 8, page 586:
  2. (US, dialectal, rare, transitive) To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
    • "Would you mind if I came out and saw her for myself? I wouldn't be there to misput anyone, just to see her well," Dr. Quinton said. 2020, Missy Priest, Child of the Wilderness:
    • But I don't like to misput nobody. 1995, Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains, page 134:

Forms

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misputting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misput Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misput Tense=Past lexicographic
misputs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic