Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misforgive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-for-give
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To misgive.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English misforgiven, equivalent to mis- + forgive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

misforgives (present, singular) misforgiving (participle, present) misforgave (past) misforgiven (participle, past)

Questions

What does misforgive mean?
To misgive.
Where does misforgive come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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