Mismould

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of mismold. alt-of, alternative

    "Then priests are made in the image of that Deity, and they misshape whole communities of men and women; and especially do they lay their plastic hand on the pliant matter of the child, and mismould him into deformed and unnatural shapes."

Example

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"Then priests are made in the image of that Deity, and they misshape whole communities of men and women; and especially do they lay their plastic hand on the pliant matter of the child, and mismould him into deformed and unnatural shapes."

Etymology

From mis- + mould.

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