mistrain en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /mɪsˈtɹeɪn/ (UK)
Etymology
From mis- + train.
Meanings
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(transitive) To draw (something) badly or in the wrong direction.
For she by force is still fro me detayned, / And with corruptfull brybes is to untruth mis-trayned.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mistrains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mistrained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mistrained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mistraining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |