noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a bad, wrong, or incorrect answer

Verb

1. 1
   to answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly transitive
2. 2
   to answer scornfully or abusively archaic, transitive

   "Also that no Fellow, within the lodge or without it, shall misanswer or reprove another, without cause."

Example

More examples

"Also that no Fellow, within the lodge or without it, shall misanswer or reprove another, without cause."

Etymology

From Middle English mysansweren, equivalent to mis- + answer.

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