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verbmisentreat (third-person singular simple present misentreats, present participle misentreating, simple past and past participle misentreated)
present singular third person misentreats · participle present misentreating · participle past misentreated · past misentreated
- obsoleteTo treat wrongfully.
A clerke‥sayd it was not hones […]to mysentrete the holy body by vyolente hondes.
1483, Jacobus (de Voragine), William Caxton, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The golden legend, or, Lives of the saints
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APA
misentreat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misentreat
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“misentreat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misentreat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misentreat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misentreat.
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