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miswrite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɪsɹaɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English miswriten, from Old English miswrītan, misƿrītan (“to write incorrectly; make a mistake in writing; miswrite”), equivalent to mis- + write.

Meanings

  1. A failed write operation.
    • Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites. 1983, Lawrence Calmus, The business guide to small computers, page 143:

Forms

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miswrites Number=Plur lexicographic

miswrite en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈɹaɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English miswriten, from Old English miswrītan, misƿrītan (“to write incorrectly; make a mistake in writing; miswrite”), equivalent to mis- + write.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To write incorrectly.
    • 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben, […] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.

Forms

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miswrites Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
miswrote Tense=Past lexicographic
miswriting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
miswritten Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic