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mismeter

mismeter verb: to give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.

Verb

mismeter (third-person singular simple present mismeters, present participle mismetering, simple past and past participle mismetered)

  1. (transitive) To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.

Forms of mismeter

third-person singular presentmismeters
present participlemismetering
past participlemismetered
pastmismetered
alternative formmismetre

Origin of mismeter

From mis- + meter.

Questions about mismeter

What does mismeter mean?
Mismeter means to give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.
What part of speech is mismeter?
Mismeter is a verb.
What is the past tense of mismeter?
The past tense of mismeter is mismetered.

Words near mismeter in the dictionary

  1. mismetabolized
  2. mismetabolizes
  3. mismetabolizing
  4. mismetallation
  5. mismetallations
  6. mismeter
  7. mismetered
  8. mismetering
  9. mismeters
  10. mismethylate
  11. mismethylated

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