mistrain

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UK/mɪsˈtɹeɪn/

verb

To draw (something) badly or in the wrong direction.

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Meanings

verbmistrain (third-person singular simple present mistrains, present participle mistraining, simple past and past participle mistrained)

present singular third person mistrains · participle present mistraining · participle past mistrained · past mistrained

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From mis- + train.

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APA

mistrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrain

MLA

“mistrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrain. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistrain,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrain.

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