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misscribe

misscribe verb: to write or inscribe incorrectly.

Verb

misscribe (third-person singular simple present misscribes, present participle misscribing, simple past and past participle misscribed)

  1. To write or inscribe incorrectly.
    • It seems reasonable to interpret this misscribing of common words as a fallout from improvement in other techniques, among them a greater concentration on content, a more automatic scribing of all words, a more rapid rate of production...1991, Richard H. Haswell, Gaining ground in college writing, page 201
    • The key was to speak the two correct words that had been misscribed in the inscription above.2012, Lisa Smedman, The Gilded Rune, →ISBN

Forms of misscribe

third-person singular presentmisscribes
present participlemisscribing
past participlemisscribed
pastmisscribed

Origin of misscribe

From mis- + scribe.

Questions about misscribe

What does misscribe mean?
Misscribe means to write or inscribe incorrectly.
What part of speech is misscribe?
Misscribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of misscribe?
The past tense of misscribe is misscribed.

Words near misscribe in the dictionary

  1. misscreen
  2. misscreened
  3. misscreening
  4. misscreens
  5. misscrew
  6. misscribe
  7. misscribed
  8. misscribes
  9. misscribing
  10. misscription
  11. misscriptions

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