mistrain

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ train.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtɹeɪn/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To draw (something) badly or in the wrong direction.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     For she by force is still fro me detayned, / And with corruptfull brybes is to untruth mis-trayned.

Anagrams

• Marinist, Martinis, Stanimir, antimirs, martinis