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Webster 1913 Edition
Miscorrect
Misˊcor-rect′
,Verb.
T.
To fail or err in attempting to correct.
“Scaliger miscorrects his author.” Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Miscorrect
MISCORRECT'
,Verb.
T.
He passed the first seven years of his life at Mantua, not seventeen, as Scaliger miscorrects his author.
Definition 2024
miscorrect
miscorrect
English
Verb
miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)
- To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
- A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.
References
- “miscorrect” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Webster, 1828.
- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.