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misengrave

misengrave verb: to engrave incorrectly.

Verb

misengrave (third-person singular simple present misengraves, present participle misengraving, simple past and past participle misengraved)

  1. To engrave incorrectly.
    • The star is also misengraved or tampered with, appearing in Rud., Sup. ii. 13, 12 1 regular fleur-de-lis.1869, W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, “On the Distinctions Between the Silver Coins of Henry IV., V., and VI.”, in The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, volume 9, page 271
    • Not only was the theory incorrect, but the fossil was misengraved, having received additions which were not warranted, and illustrated by sections which in his opinion were impossible.1879, Samuel Smiles, Robert Dick: Baker, of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist, page 130

Examples of misengrave in a sentence

  • It didn't matter in the least that our trophy was misengraved “Montana Review of Brooks."1985, “Report from Missoula”, in Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, editors, The New Yorker, volume 61, number 5, page...
  • This would show that neither we have erred in reading the date nor the engraver has misengraved it.1996, Numismatic Digest - Volume 18, page 259:

Forms of misengrave

third-person singular presentmisengraves
present participlemisengraving
past participlemisengraved
pastmisengraved

Origin of misengrave

From mis- + engrave.

Questions about misengrave

What does misengrave mean?
Misengrave means to engrave incorrectly.
How do you use misengrave in a sentence?
It didn't matter in the least that our trophy was misengraved “Montana Review of Brooks."
What part of speech is misengrave?
Misengrave is a verb.
What is the past tense of misengrave?
The past tense of misengrave is misengraved.

Words near misengrave in the dictionary

  1. misengenders
  2. misengineer
  3. misengineered
  4. misengineering
  5. misengineers
  6. misengrave
  7. misengraved
  8. misengraves
  9. misengraving
  10. Misenheimer
  11. Misenheimers

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