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miscodify en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + codify.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To codify in an incorrect way.
   • The nonsubstantive updates and corrections cure printing and engrossing errors; correct erroneous division and section crossreferences; substitute references to specific effective dates; recodify miscodified sections […] 1987, Ohio Legislative Service Commission, Summary of Enactments, page 32:
   • Claims examiners may miscodify services rendered. 1988, Elizabeth Hogue, Preventing fraud and abuse: a guide for medicare and medicaid providers:
   • If the contemporary Confucians' approach can be called "mystify Chinese (and Confucian) philosophy" and the philologists and historians like Hu Shi's approach can be called "nullify Chinese (and Confucian) philosophy," then this comparative approach can be labeled as "miscodify Chinese (and Confucian) philosophy." 2008, Jeffrey L. Richey, Teaching Confucianism, page 175:

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