misscription

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noun

The act or result of misscribing.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmisscription (countable and uncountable, plural misscriptions)

plural misscriptions

  1. countableuncountableThe act or result of misscribing.

    In the Váyu-puráńa, at least according to my MSS., there are undeniable traces, through a haze of misscription, of several names quite different from those here given.

    1868, H.H. Wilson, The Vishnu Purana: a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, page 100
    1 more example

    As already observed by us above this is a case of misscription of the Defendant and the real defendant who has filed the written Statement and contested the suit is the Society.

    1965, Selected Decisions of the Gujarat State Co-operative Tribunal, page 126
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Chicago

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