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Definition of Mismake
1. v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
Definition of Mismake
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive reflexive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mismake
1. to make incorrectly [v -MADE, -MAKING, -MAKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mismake
Literary usage of Mismake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"As this has the same meaning with mismake, sense 2., it seems to be compounded
of mis and the old v. Ma, to make (qv), used by our venerable Barbour. ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"To illustrate : the tongue position for the letter s and the ' z are the same;
a large number of those who mismake the letter s make the : * with ease, ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... mismake, va 1. To shape or form improperly ; applied to clothes, SB Tent.
nit*maeck-en, deformare, male formare. 2. To trouble, to disturb; as, ..."
4. Sermons by Hugh Latimer by Hugh Latimer, George Elwes Corrie (1845)
"... hath TO distn,'t come to any poverty." Alack, what a pitiful thing is it,
that "«• made unto us in his word! What a great sin is it to mismake him 't ..."
5. Tiw: Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue by William Barnes (1862)
"GARLE, e. to mismake, spoil. Gar, o. what readily goes into a body, a javelin,
spear. Garlick, spear-like. Gear, what goes, or acts. ..."
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