"misvoice" meaning in English

See misvoice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misvoices [present, singular, third-person], misvoicing [participle, present], misvoiced [participle, past], misvoiced [past]
Etymology: mis- + voice Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|voice}} mis- + voice Head templates: {{en-verb}} misvoice (third-person singular simple present misvoices, present participle misvoicing, simple past and past participle misvoiced)
  1. To speak for in an incorrect and erroneous manner
    Sense id: en-misvoice-en-verb-LD4UbBRI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 67 33
  2. To say with the wrong tone.
    Sense id: en-misvoice-en-verb-hbWTtGgg

Inflected forms

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