miscorrect
English
editEtymology
editVerb
editmiscorrect (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
edit- “miscorrect” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Webster, 1828.
- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.