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Webster 1913 Edition


Mismeter

Mis-me′ter

,
Verb.
T.
To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.
[R.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


mismeter

mismeter

English

Alternative forms

  • mismetre

Verb

mismeter (third-person singular simple present mismeters, present participle mismetering, simple past and past participle mismetered)

  1. (transitive) To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.