ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mislight

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Mislight is a verb meaning To deceive or lead astray with a false light.

Meaning

To deceive or lead astray with a false light.

More Meanings

  1. To light improperly.
  2. (film) An error in projection in which the projected image is a combination of two frames.
  3. An instance when an afterburner does not light the injected fuel properly.

Example Sentences

Twitches of a smile mislight up her face.
And I hold such in derision; They are spell-bound and mislighted by Reason.
Notches weaken the negative, and tabs sometimes come off, causing mislights.
If the laboratory makes a mistake and “mislights" a scene, they will stand the loss of making it over.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mislead, misguide, mislevel, illude, misle, deceive.

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