miswrite meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

miswrite

verb

/mɪsˈɹaɪt/

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

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.

miswrite

noun

/ˈmɪsɹaɪt/

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

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A failed write operation.

Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.1983, Lawrence Calmus, The business guide to small computers, page 143:

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