Meanings
verbmisintend (third-person singular simple present misintends, present participle misintending, simple past and past participle misintended)
present singular third person misintends · participle present misintending · participle past misintended · past misintended
- transitiveTo intend, purpose, or direct amiss or wrongfully; mismean.
He is now misintending: he has a false intention.
1992, Samuel Charles Coval, Peter G. Campbell, Agency in action: the practical rational agency machine - Page 1141 more example
Come therefore, gentle death, and ease my griefe; Cut short what malice Fortune misintends.
1967, Arthur Freeman, Thomas Kyd: facts and problems - Page 145
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misintend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misintend
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“misintend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misintend. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misintend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misintend.
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