mismake

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verb

To unmake; depose.

OriginMiddle English mismaken →
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Meanings

verbmismake (third-person singular simple present mismakes, present participle mismaking, simple past and past participle mismade)

present singular third person mismakes · participle present mismaking · participle past mismade · past mismade

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo unmake; depose.
  2. transitiveTo shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.
  3. reflexivetransitiveTo disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmismaken
  2. Englishmismake

From Middle English mismaken, equivalent to mis- + make. Cognate with Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), German missmachen (“to fail to make”).

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APA

mismake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismake

MLA

“mismake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mismake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mismake.

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