"mismake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mismakes [present, singular, third-person], mismaking [participle, present], mismade [participle, past], mismade [past]
Etymology: From Middle English mismaken, equivalent to mis- + make. Cognate with Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), German missmachen (“to fail to make”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mismaken}} Middle English mismaken, {{prefix|en|mis|make}} mis- + make, {{cog|nl|mismaken||to defeature, deform}} Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), {{cog|de|missmachen||to fail to make}} German missmachen (“to fail to make”) Head templates: {{en-verb|mismakes|mismaking|mismade}} mismake (third-person singular simple present mismakes, present participle mismaking, simple past and past participle mismade)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-mismake-en-verb-OiSl1kat Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 44 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 45 38 17
  2. (transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mismake-en-verb-5Nhj7ye~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 44 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 45 38 17
  3. (transitive, reflexive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out. Tags: reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-mismake-en-verb-vQEXKSBl Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 45 38 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mismade, mismaking

Inflected forms

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        "To unmake; depose."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose."
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        "To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making."
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        "(transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making."
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        "To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out."
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        "(transitive, reflexive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out."
      ],
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        "To unmake; depose."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To unmake; depose."
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        "To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making."
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        "(transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making."
      ],
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out."
      ],
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        "(transitive, reflexive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out."
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