"misconfirm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misconfirms [present, singular, third-person], misconfirming [participle, present], misconfirmed [participle, past], misconfirmed [past]
Etymology: From mis- + confirm. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|confirm}} mis- + confirm Head templates: {{en-verb}} misconfirm (third-person singular simple present misconfirms, present participle misconfirming, simple past and past participle misconfirmed)
  1. To confirm in error.

Inflected forms

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