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Definition of Misshaping
1. misshape [v] - See also: misshape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misshaping
Literary usage of Misshaping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Contemporary Poets (1920) by Harold Monro, Thomas Sturge Moore (1920)
"He is so fine, Death seems to have saved ! him from misshaping Life. His language
is poor and thin, but it moves powerfully, and constantly suggests organic ..."
2. Tennyson, His Art and Relation to Modern Life by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1894)
"... not live," Save that I think this gross hard-seeming world Is our misshaping
vision of the Powers Behind the world, that make our griefs our gains. ..."
3. Christopher Columbus and how He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery by Justin Winsor (1892)
"While Columbus was puzzling over the aberration of the pole star and misshaping
the earth, Vespucius was comprehending the law of gravitation upon our ..."
4. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"... and the Indian custom of misshaping ihe head offers some serious obstacles in
the study. C'f. ..."
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