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misalter

verb

Etymology

From mis- + alter.

  1. derived from alter
  2. derived from alterō — “to make other”
  3. derived from alterer
  4. prefixed as misalter — “mis + alter”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • A misaltered line is one not altered correctly.

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