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miswrite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /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
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A failed write operation.
Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.
1983, Lawrence Calmus, The business guide to small computers, page 143:
Forms
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
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(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.
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