misrevise
misrevise verb: to revise in a manner that makes something worse.
Verb
misrevise (third-person singular simple present misrevises, present participle misrevising, simple past and past participle misrevised)
- To revise in a manner that makes something worse.
- Inexperienced or ineffective reader-writers often misrevise their drafts, their plans and goals.1988, Karen Vaught-Alexander, Contexts which Connect Writers, Readers, Texts, page 53
- In 1789, the latter-day Neoplatonist Thomas Taylor (1789: 2.282) published a translation of On the Cave of the Nymphs, in which he rendered θεόπνοος as "nourished by a divine spirit" —a rendering that arguably captures some of the sense of a life-giving force. (Unfortunately [and inexplicably]...2021, John C. Poirier, The Invention of the Inspired Text
Forms of misrevise
| third-person singular present | misrevises |
|---|---|
| present participle | misrevising |
| past participle | misrevised |
| past | misrevised |
Origin of misrevise
From mis- + revise.
Questions about misrevise
- What does misrevise mean?
- Misrevise means to revise in a manner that makes something worse.
- What part of speech is misrevise?
- Misrevise is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misrevise?
- The past tense of misrevise is misrevised.
Words near misrevise in the dictionary
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