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▪ I. miscreˈate, v. rare.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To create amiss. Also miscreating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. 83 What a wonderfull Saint-maker is Tyburne by this, that in a quarter of an houre shall miscreate a Saint [etc.]. 1670F. Greville Monarchy lxxi. Wks. (Grosart) I. 30 Yet both the head and members finite are And must still by their miscreating marre. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Ser. i. iv. (1876) 110 We miscreate our own evils. 1880Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 47 The thick-featured sodden satyr of her miscreating fancy.
▪ II. ˈmiscreate, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[mis-1 2.]
= next. Also absol.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 38 He..Ymner slew of Logris miscreate. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 16 That you should..nicely charge your vnderstanding Soule, With opening Titles miscreate. 1607R. Wilkinson Merchant Royall 15 To see a woman created in Gods image so miscreate..and deformed, with her..foolish fashions. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. 1478 Creation purged o' the miscreate, man redeemed. 1871Swinburne Songs bef. Sunrise Prel. 53 Fancies and passions miscreate By man in things dispassionate. |