misline
Definitions
To incorrectly divide into lines.
Examples
“If the addition was in verse, he might set⟳ it up as prose or misline it, placing perhaps too many or too few feet in a line and thus throwing out the whole arrangement of the verse.”
“The author apparently mislined his verse here, as both texts place⟳ the words at the end⟳ of l. 60 but correctly end⟳ l. 61 with 'weepe'”
“Both compositors had some difficulty with lineation, but X mislined his copy⟳ only eight times whereas Y mislined his stint twenty-two times, often in more serious ways.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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