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Definition of Misrender
1. v. t. To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly.
Definition of Misrender
1. Verb. (transitive) To render incorrectly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misrender
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misrender
Literary usage of Misrender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, James Adey Birds (1880)
"... and Dr. Webb have given for this word, viz., Creative Power, creative Essence,
Energy, are not felicitous, and misrender the poet's idea. ..."
2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1897)
"The author, in common with a good many others, seems to us to misrender the
omnipotence of God. Omnipotence can only mean the power to do what is capable of ..."
3. Fleurs-de-lys: A Book of French Poetry Freely Tr. Into English Verse by Wilfrid Charles Thorley (1920)
"... changed by Circe; And even so translators can misrender poets without mercy.
I have not Orpheus' skill, but try To mimic in my tongue French singers, ..."
4. Fleurs-de-lys: A Book of French Poetry Freely Tr. Into English Verse by Wilfrid Charles Thorley (1920)
"... changed by Circe; And even so translators can misrender poets without mercy.
I have not Orpheus' skill, but try To mimic in my tongue French singers, ..."
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