miscompute
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]miscompute (plural miscomputes)
- (obsolete) An erroneous computation.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Buddeus de Asse correcting their miscompute
Verb
[edit]miscompute (third-person singular simple present miscomputes, present participle miscomputing, simple past and past participle miscomputed)
- To compute erroneously.
- Synonym: miscalculate
References
[edit]- “miscompute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.