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Meaning of misrestore | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To restore improperly; to err in the restoration of.

Examples

“Using vase paintings, it has been possible to correct the arm positions that the Naples Museum had misrestored.”
“The musician plays the long-necked lute, and the fact that its neck extends up towward the right-hand dancer's face, while the middle part of the instrument has been virtually obliterated by water streaming in through the vault, caused the Spanish team to identify the woman as a flautist—and perhaps to misrestore her right hand.”
“Note that Labat, RSO32.117, 121 misrestores and consequently mistranslates this passage.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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