misname
Americanverb (used with object)
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Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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misnamesimple
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misnamessimple
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have misnamedperfect
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has misnamedperfect
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am misnamingprogressive
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are misnamingprogressive
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is misnamingprogressive
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have been misnamingperfect progressive
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has been misnamingperfect progressive
Past
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misnamedsimple
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had misnamedperfect
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was misnamingprogressive
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were misnamingprogressive
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had been misnamingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of misname
Example Sentences
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Should Jove dire war unloose, with spear and shield, And nodding helm, I tread the ensanguined field, Fierce in the van: then wouldst thou, wouldst thou,—say,— Misname me glutton, in that glorious day?
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
Misname, mis-nām′, v.t. to call by the wrong name.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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