missend

[ mis-send ]
/ mɪsˈsɛnd /

verb (used with object), mis·sent, mis·send·ing.

to send or forward, especially mail, to a wrong place or person.

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Origin of missend

First recorded in 1400–50, missend is from the late Middle English word missenden. See mis-1, send1

Words nearby missend

missay, missed abortion, missed labor, misseem, missel thrush, missend, missense, missense mutation, misshape, misshapen, missile
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