"misseek" meaning in All languages combined

See misseek on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: misseeks [present, singular, third-person], misseeking [participle, present], missought [participle, past], missought [past]
Etymology: From mis- + seek. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|seek}} mis- + seek Head templates: {{en-verb|misseeks|misseeking|missought}} misseek (third-person singular simple present misseeks, present participle misseeking, simple past and past participle missought)
  1. (obsolete) To seek for wrongly. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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