Definition of Mistune

1. v. t. To tune wrongly.

Definition of Mistune

1. Verb. (transitive) To tune wrongly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mistune

1. to tune incorrectly [v -TUNED, -TUNING, -TUNES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistune

mistrustfully
mistrustfulness
mistrusting
mistrustingly
mistrustless
mistrusts
mistruth
mistruthful
mistruths
mistryst
mistrysted
mistrysting
mistrysts
mists
mists of time
mistune (current term)
mistuned
mistunes
mistuning
mistura
misturn
mistutor
mistutored
mistutoring
mistutors
misty
misty-eyed
misty rose
mistype
mistyped

Literary usage of Mistune

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on gonorrhoea and syphilis by Silas Durkee (1864)
"... to be gradually diminished, — Union Medicate, August, 1855. The formula now used at Bartholomew's Hospital is: — R. Copaiba?, gtt. xv. mistune Acacia? ..."

2. The Whole Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Leighton: To by Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson (1825)
"7- It is a spiritual knowledge of God, that sets the soul in tune for His praises, and therefore the most can bear no part in this song: they mistune it ..."

3. The Works of Robt. Leighton by Robert Leighton, George Jerment (1805)
"It is a spiritual knowledge of God that sets the soul in tune for his praises; and therefore the most can bear no part in this song: they mistune it quite, ..."

4. The Whole Works of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow: To which is by Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson (1825)
"7- It is a spiritual knowledge of God, that sets the soul in tune for His praises, and therefore the most can bear no part in this song: they mistune it ..."

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