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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Botched}; p. pr & vb n. {Botching}.] [See {Botch}, n.] 1. To mark with or as with botches. Young Hylas, botched with stains. --Garth. 2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane. --Dryden.
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