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Meaning of mistone | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To give a bad or wrong tone to.

Equivalents

Français mistone

Examples

“On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

mistoned mistones mistoning mistook mistook windmills for giants mistoss

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