misdictate

Verb

misdictate (third-person singular simple present misdictates, present participle misdictating, simple past and past participle misdictated)

1. To utter the wrong words when giving dictation.
   • If, as sometimes happens, the teacher misdictates, the true speed should be announced immediately after the dictation.1953, Louis A. Leslie, Methods of Teaching Gregg Shorthand, page 188
   • Otherwise the critic is unsure whether a garbled text is miscopied or misdictated or both.1976, Douglas K. Stuart, Studies in Early Hebrew Meter, page 11
2. To cause or command the wrong effect; to mislead.
   • Unless my thoughts misdictate me, A secret Judgment, in this Act , May doubtlesly discerned be To shew GOD's hand was in the fact.1875, George Wither, Miscellaneous Works of George Wither - Volume 4, page 32
   • However, how much of the public image of the lawyer in the real estate transaction is influenced by the public's disenchantment with the organized bar and how much is misdictated by the commercial title insurer is problematical.1979, James M. Pedowitz, Title Insurance and You: What Every Lawyer Should Know!, page 38