"misshelve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: misshelves [present, singular, third-person], misshelving [participle, present], misshelved [participle, past], misshelved [past]
Rhymes: -ɛlv Etymology: From mis- + shelve. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|shelve}} mis- + shelve Head templates: {{en-verb}} misshelve (third-person singular simple present misshelves, present participle misshelving, simple past and past participle misshelved)
  1. (transitive) To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + shelve.",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "misshelved",
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    },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "2007 February 11, Elizabeth Schmidt, “Erasing Slavery”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "She scoured the library for misshelved volumes, reread five surrounding volumes, reviewed her early notes but never found that paragraph imprinted in her memory, “the words filling less than half a page, the address on Clark Street, the remarks about her appearance, all of which where typed up by a machine in need of new ribbon.”",
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        "To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "misshelve"
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + shelve.",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misshelving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misshelved",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "misshelved",
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  ],
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      ],
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      ],
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