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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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56 words match “INCORRECT”

JOGGLE n.
the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like. Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.
MISAFFIRM v.
To affirm incorrectly.
MISCONCEIVE v.
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend. Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. Hooker.
MISEDITION n.
An incorrect or spurious edition. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
MISHEAR v.
To hear incorrectly.
MISINFER v.
To infer incorrectly.
MISINFORMATION n.
Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon.
MISINFORMER n.
One who gives or incorrect information.
MISJOINDER n.
An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil. Wharton.
MISMEASURE v.
To measure or estimate incorrectly.
MISPRONOUNCE v.
To pronounce incorrectly.
MISPUNCTUATE v.
To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.
MISQUOTE v.
To quote erroneously or incorrectly. Shak.
MISREHEARSE v.
To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.
MISREPORT v. 2 definitions
To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
MISREPRESENT v. 2 definitions
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly. Swift.
MISREPRESENTATION n.
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.
MISSEND v.
To send amiss or incorrectly.
MISSOUND v.
To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.
MISSPELL v.
To spell incorrectly.
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