misgrace

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misgrace

  • /mɪsˈɡɹeɪs/

Rhymes with -eɪs

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From mis- + grace.

verb misgraces · misgracing · misgraced

  1. transitive To grace or treat wrongly; disgrace; offend; ill-treat; disrespect He into Troas sent me forth, and many charges gave me, Alway to be preeminent, and play the chief to others, Nor to misgrace my fathers' breed, who foremost were in valour Alike in Argive Ephyra and Lycia's expanses.

noun

  1. no plural disgrace [...] — but 'tis a misgrace that you have but the one."

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