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 Botch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched p. pr. & vb. n. Botching.]
 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 bungle; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.
    For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.   --Dryden.
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