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

mislocating
mislocation
mislocations
mislodge
mislodged
mislodges
mislodging
mislook
mislore
misluck
mislucked
mislucks
misly
mislying
mismade
mismake (current term)
mismakes
mismaking
mismanage
mismanaged
mismanagement
mismanagements
mismanager
mismanagers
mismanages
mismanaging
mismap
mismapped
mismapping
mismaps

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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