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mismake

mismake verb: to unmake; depose.

Verb

mismake (third-person singular simple present mismakes, present participle mismaking, simple past and past participle mismade)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unmake; depose.
  2. (transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.
  3. (reflexive, transitive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.

Forms of mismake

third-person singular presentmismakes
present participlemismaking
past participlemismade
pastmismade

Origin of mismake

From Middle English mismaken, equivalent to mis- + make. Cognate with Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), German missmachen (“to fail to make”).

Words formed from mismake

Questions about mismake

What does mismake mean?
Mismake means to unmake; depose.
What part of speech is mismake?
Mismake is a verb.
What is the past tense of mismake?
The past tense of mismake is mismade.

Words near mismake in the dictionary

  1. mismails
  2. mismaintain
  3. mismaintained
  4. mismaintaining
  5. mismaintains
  6. mismake
  7. mismakes
  8. mismaking
  9. mismanage
  10. mismanageable
  11. mismanaged

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