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mismend

verb

Etymology

From mis- + mend.

  1. derived from *mend-✻ — “defect; fault”
  2. derived from ēmendāre
  3. derived from amender — “to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”
  4. derived from amender
  5. inherited from menden — “to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”
  6. prefixed as mismend — “mis + mend”

Definitions

  1. To mend improperly

    To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success.

    • He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.
    • They walked with an ease that bespoke strength, bespoke limbs that had never been cracked and mismended, never felt the ravages of age.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA