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misfasten

verb

Etymology

From mis- + fasten.

  1. inherited from *fastinōn✻ — “to secure, fasten”
  2. inherited from fæstnian
  3. inherited from fastenen
  4. prefixed as misfasten — “mis + fasten”

Definitions

  1. To fasten incorrectly.

    • To paraphrase Goethe, he who misfastens the first button will have trouble buttoning up his shirt.
    • She supposed that she should feel lucky that the missile hadn't exploded when the arms tech had misfastened the mount on her Sikorsky MH-60 Blackhawk.

The neighborhood

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