† misenglishv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To mistranslate into English. Also: to make an English word of in a manner regarded as illegitimate.
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1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. 262 Nor nipping the scriptures, nor misenglishinge them.
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. Pref. Hee tells us..of misenglishing Tertullian.
1737 J. Byrom Jrnl. 1 May in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1857) II. i. 137 (transcript from orig. shorthand) I thought..that the word inanimating was mis-englished.
Derivatives
misenglishing n. rare mistranslation into English.
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1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §6 With what face can the Remonstrant charge us with infidelity in quotation and mis-englishing?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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