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单词 miscorrect
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miscorrectv.

Brit. /ˌmɪskəˈrɛkt/, U.S. /ˌmɪskəˈrɛkt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, correct v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + correct v. Compare slightly earlier miscorrection n.
transitive. To correct wrongly. Also intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > correct wrongly
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1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *1v He passed the first Seven Years of his Life at Mantua, not Seventeen, as Scaliger miscorrects his Author.
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry Note 232 ΑΔΥΝΑΜΙΝ: which it was obvious enough for the transcriber to miscorrect into ἀδυναμιΑν.
1866 W. B. Fowle Teacher's Inst. 25 F holds up his hand, but he miscorrects, and..goes down one.
1988 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 48 266 Not only does Chaves get the surname Tsˋao wrong,..someone..seems to have preserved consistency by miscorrecting the surname to ‘Tsˋai’.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 389 Nonprofessional navigators will sometimes miscorrect for variation between True and Magnetic courses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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