Misappear
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To give a false appearance; to seem to be something other than the true form.
"Anon like folks, that have in masks appeared, And seem as changelings, when they put away That foreign garb, in which they misappeared, So changed here to a jubilee more gay"
- 2 To appear wrongly; to come into view in the wrong place or at the wrong time.
"So Bylo scooped the phlegm in the crook of his fetid finger and flung it flush at the young maid's head, though it somehow misappeared behind her in the empty space the trio made."
Example
More examples"Anon like folks, that have in masks appeared, And seem as changelings, when they put away That foreign garb, in which they misappeared, So changed here to a jubilee more gay"
Etymology
From mis- + appear.
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