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missolve

verb

Etymology

From mis- + solve.

  1. derived from solvō
  2. inherited from solven
  3. prefixed as missolve — “mis + solve”

Definitions

  1. To solve incorrectly

    To solve incorrectly; to arrive at the wrong solution.

    • Should the machine missolve or fail to solve the first, the second is doomed.
    • For example, Mestre (1988) presented a detailed analysis of how Hispanic college students missolve the students-and-professor problem.
    • But like Oedipus and Croesus before him, Macbeth missolves the riddles from the future, charging into doom.

The neighborhood

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