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misengrave

verb

Etymology

From mis- + engrave.

  1. derived from *gʰrebʰ-✻ — “to dig, scratch, scrape”
  2. inherited from *grabą✻
  3. inherited from *grab✻
  4. inherited from græf
  5. inherited from grave
  6. prefixed as engrave — “en + grave”
  7. prefixed as misengrave — “mis + engrave”

Definitions

  1. To engrave incorrectly.

    • The star is also misengraved or tampered with, appearing in Rud., Sup. ii. 13, 12 1 regular fleur-de-lis.
    • 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.

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