"misappear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misappears [present, singular, third-person], misappearing [participle, present], misappeared [participle, past], misappeared [past]
Etymology: mis- + appear Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|appear}} mis- + appear Head templates: {{en-verb}} misappear (third-person singular simple present misappears, present participle misappearing, simple past and past participle misappeared)
  1. To give a false appearance; to seem to be something other than the true form.
    Sense id: en-misappear-en-verb-wk18kSV1
  2. To appear wrongly; to come into view in the wrong place or at the wrong time.
    Sense id: en-misappear-en-verb-gia2wXBT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 28 72

Inflected forms

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