missend
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of missend
First recorded in 1400–50, missend is from the late Middle English word missenden. See mis- 1, send 1
Example Sentences
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Possibly, if you do answer it, and direct it to Herman Melville, you will missend it—for the very fingers that now guide this pen are not precisely the same that just took it up and put it on this paper.
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