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misengrave en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + engrave.

Meanings

1. To engrave incorrectly.
   • It didn't matter in the least that our trophy was misengraved “Montana Review of Brooks." 1985, “Report from Missoula”, in Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, editors, The New Yorker, volume 61, number 5, page 38:
   • Not only was the theory incorrect, but the fossil was misengraved, having received additions which were not warranted, and illustrated by sections which in his opinion were impossible. 1879, Samuel Smiles, Robert Dick: Baker, of Thurso, Geologist and Botanist, page 130:
   • Speaking from our own experience, we should say that, while the triangulation is perfect, the heights are not unfrequently misengraved, and the topography is here and there very imperfect; but it marks a vast advance on the maps of Bourcet and Cassini. 1888, “Reviews and Notices: Annuaire de la Société des Touristes du Dauphiné. No. 12, 1886”, in The Alpine Journal, volume 13, page 493:
   • This would show that neither we have erred in reading the date nor the engraver has misengraved it. 1996, Numismatic Digest - Volume 18, page 259:
   • The star is also misengraved or tampered with, appearing in Rud., Sup. ii. 13, 12 1 regular fleur-de-lis. 1869, W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, “On the Distinctions Between the Silver Coins of Henry IV., V., and VI.”, in The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, volume 9, page 271:

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