"misask" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misasks [present, singular, third-person], misasking [participle, present], misasked [participle, past], misasked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*misasken}} Middle English *misasken, {{prefix|en|mis|ask}} mis- + ask Head templates: {{en-verb}} misask (third-person singular simple present misasks, present participle misasking, simple past and past participle misasked)
  1. (transitive, rare) to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly Tags: rare, transitive Synonyms: mis-ask
    Sense id: en-misask-en-verb-jdxaimHJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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