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Vinony

miswrite

verb

  1. to write or copy out incorrectly or mistakenly
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɹaɪt/ / /mɪsˈɹaɪt/

noun

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

  1. A failed write operation.

    “Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.”

verb

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

  1. To write incorrectly.

    “1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben, […] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.”