Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misengrave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-en-grave
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engrave incorrectly.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Speaking from our own experience, we should say that, while the triangulation is perfect, the heights are not unfrequently misengraved, and the topography is here and there very imperfect; but it marks a vast advance on the maps of Bourcet and Cassini."
"It didn't matter in the least that our trophy was misengraved “Montana Review of Brooks.""
"This would show that neither we have erred in reading the date nor the engraver has misengraved it."

Etymology

From mis- + engrave.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misengraves (present, singular) misengraving (participle, present) misengraved (participle, past) misengraved (past)

Questions

What does misengrave mean?: To engrave incorrectly.
Where does misengrave come from?: From mis- + engrave.

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