Misline
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To incorrectly divide into lines.
"If the addition was in verse, he might set it up as prose or misline it, placing perhaps too many or too few feet in a line and thus throwing out the whole arrangement of the verse."
Example
More examples"If the addition was in verse, he might set it up as prose or misline it, placing perhaps too many or too few feet in a line and thus throwing out the whole arrangement of the verse."
Etymology
From mis- + line.
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