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misscription

misscription noun: the act or result of misscribing.

Noun

misscription (countable and uncountable, plural misscriptions)

  1. The act or result of misscribing.
    • In the Váyu-puráńa, at least according to my MSS., there are undeniable traces, through a haze of misscription, of several names quite different from those here given.1868, H.H. Wilson, The Vishnu Purana: a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, page 100
    • As already observed by us above this is a case of misscription of the Defendant and the real defendant who has filed the written Statement and contested the suit is the Society.1965, Selected Decisions of the Gujarat State Co-operative Tribunal, page 126

Forms of misscription

pluralmisscriptions

Questions about misscription

What does misscription mean?
Misscription means the act or result of misscribing.
What part of speech is misscription?
Misscription is a noun.
What is the plural of misscription?
The plural of misscription is misscriptions.

Words near misscription in the dictionary

  1. misscrew
  2. misscribe
  3. misscribed
  4. misscribes
  5. misscribing
  6. misscription
  7. misscriptions
  8. misseal
  9. missealed
  10. missealing
  11. misseals

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