miscreate

verb, adj — 2 senses

miscreate

verb

/mɪskɹɪˈeɪt/

Etymology From mis- + create.

1

To create wrongly or poorly.

Derived terms
miscreation, miscreative

miscreate

adj

Etymology From mis- + create.

1

Obsolete, Poetic Miscreated; illegitimate; forged.

  • miscreate titles
  • With opening titles miscreate, whose right / Suits not in native colours with the truth;1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 16:

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