"missay" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: missays [present, singular, third-person], missaying [participle, present], missaid [participle, past], missaid [past]
Etymology: From Middle English misseien, misseyen, misseggen, equivalent to mis- + say. Cognate with Middle Dutch misseggen (“to missay”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misseien}} Middle English misseien, {{prefix|en|mis|say}} mis- + say, {{cog|dum|misseggen||to missay}} Middle Dutch misseggen (“to missay”) Head templates: {{en-verb|missays|missaying|missaid}} missay (third-person singular simple present missays, present participle missaying, simple past and past participle missaid)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To speak ill of (someone). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-missay-en-verb-HqI8NTB3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 73 27
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Translations (to say something wrongly): nape (Maori)
    Sense id: en-missay-en-verb-ZhihgA2n Disambiguation of 'to say something wrongly': 0 100

Inflected forms

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