"mismail" meaning in English

See mismail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mismails [present, singular, third-person], mismailing [participle, present], mismailed [participle, past], mismailed [past]
Etymology: From mis- + mail. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|mail}} mis- + mail Head templates: {{en-verb}} mismail (third-person singular simple present mismails, present participle mismailing, simple past and past participle mismailed)
  1. (transitive) To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "mail"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + mail",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + mail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mismails",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mismail (third-person singular simple present mismails, present participle mismailing, simple past and past participle mismailed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with mis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, volume 15, page 980:",
          "text": "As the disbursing clerk, through his employees, mailed the check in accordance with the address furnished him by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, it seems that no blame can be attached to him for its mismailing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Transcripts of Developments Tapes, The Regents of the University of California, page 8:",
          "text": "If the secretary of state mismails it, you are not relieved of liability for filing the report, and, incidentally, there's a $250 fine for not filing it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place."
      ],
      "id": "en-mismail-en-verb-9ut7FQL1",
      "links": [
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mismail"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "mail"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + mail",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + mail.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mismails",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mismailed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mismail (third-person singular simple present mismails, present participle mismailing, simple past and past participle mismailed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with mis-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, volume 15, page 980:",
          "text": "As the disbursing clerk, through his employees, mailed the check in accordance with the address furnished him by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, it seems that no blame can be attached to him for its mismailing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Transcripts of Developments Tapes, The Regents of the University of California, page 8:",
          "text": "If the secretary of state mismails it, you are not relieved of liability for filing the report, and, incidentally, there's a $250 fine for not filing it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mail incorrectly; to send (a letter etc.) to the wrong place."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mismail"
}

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