Misask

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to ask amiss; ask badly, wrongfully, or incorrectly rare, transitive

    "Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow? I may have misasked the question then."

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"Mr. Morris. Did that include the five seamen now in Moscow? I may have misasked the question then."

Etymology

From Middle English *misasken (suggested by derivative misasked), equivalent to mis- + ask.

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