Meaning

2 senses

  1. To improperly ordain into a ministry.

  2. To predestine or cause to occur, with unfortunate results.

Origin

From mis- + ordain.

From mis- + ordain.

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Forms

misordains, misordaining, misordained, misordained

regular · Lesson

Base formmisordain · to misordain
3rd person singularmisordains
Present participlemisordaining
Past simplemisordained
Past participlemisordained

Tenses

misordain · misordained · will misordain · have misordained

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisordain
he, she, itmisordains

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misordained
he, she, ithas misordained

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misordain

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisordained

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misogynistmisogynisticmisogynymisplaceC1misprintmispronounce

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