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Meaning of misdub | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To dub incorrectly (any sense).

Examples

“Hearken, James of England, And you, his peers of council; Spain my master Claims Walter Raleigh here, misdubbed for knight, A felon, and a murderer, and a pirate.”
“At one point in this sequence it seems that the taps have been slightly misdubbed — very rare in Astaire's work.”
“Godard in Tout Va Bien (1972) and Hanoun in Une Simple Histoire deliberately misdub in order to sabotage the fictive unity of voice and image.”
“The first was that the old line of fortresses to the east, the ones facing Germany and misdubbed the "Maginot Line," were holding out well for the nonce, and buthering the invaders in the process.”
“'Actually, THIS is lack,' I said as I sat down, pointing to the sculpture on my right whom Rena had misdubbed Barkley.”
“Indeed, that cell may be misdubbed the "Edna face-cell" should the truth of the local-coding hypothesis be taken for granted.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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