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Webster 1913 Edition

Miswrite

Mis-write′

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Verb.
T.
To write incorrectly.

Webster 1828 Edition

Miswrite

MISWRI'TE

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Verb.
T.
[See Write.] To write incorrectly.

Definition 2024

miswrite

miswrite

English

Verb

miswrite ‎(third-person singular simple present miswrites, present participle miswriting, simple past miswrote, past participle miswritten)

  1. (transitive) To write incorrectly.

Noun

miswrite ‎(plural miswrites)

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

Etymology

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

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