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misaltered

misaltered is the simple past and past participle of misalter.

Meaning of misalter

Verb

misalter (third-person singular simple present misalters, present participle misaltering, simple past and past participle misaltered)

  1. (transitive) To make a change that leaves (something) worse than before.
    • These are all, besides those which I fore-specified, which have so "misaltered" the liturgy, that it can no more be known to be itself than the strangely-disguised dames which were mentioned in doctor Hall's reproof.1863, Works - Volume 9 -, page 403

Questions about misaltered

What is misaltered the simple past and past participle of?
Misaltered is the simple past and past participle of misalter.

Words near misaltered in the dictionary

  1. misally
  2. misallying
  3. misalphabetized
  4. misals
  5. misalter
  6. misaltered
  7. misaltering
  8. misalters
  9. misaminoacylate
  10. misaminoacylated
  11. misaminoacylates

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