Meaning of misdictate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To dictate incorrectly.
2. To utter the wrong words when giving dictation.
3. To cause or command the wrong effect; to mislead.

Examples

“If, as sometimes happens, the teacher misdictates, the true speed should be announced immediately after the dictation.”

“Otherwise the critic is unsure whether a garbled text is miscopied or misdictated or both.”

“If something bad happens on account of a badly written report, the commandant can always evade responsibility by saying he wasn't the one who wrote it; it was the clerk, who misinterpreted what was misdictated.”

“Scratch that: Use this phrase to delete a word or phrase you have misdictated, not a word or phrase that has been misunderstood by your voice-recognition software.”

“Unless my thoughts misdictate me, A secret Judgment, in this Act , May doubtlesly discerned be To shew GOD's hand was in the fact.”

“However, how much of the public image of the lawyer in the real estate transaction is influenced by the public's disenchantment with the organized bar and how much is misdictated by the commercial title insurer is problematical.”

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