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動詞

misdictate (三人称単数 現在形 misdictates, 現在分詞 misdictating, 過去形および過去分詞形 misdictated)

1. To dictate incorrectly.
   1. To utter the wrong words when giving dictation.
      • 1953, Louis A. Leslie, Methods of Teaching Gregg Shorthand, page 188:

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

      • 1976, Douglas K. Stuart, Studies in Early Hebrew Meter, page 11:

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

      • 1987, Augusto Roa Bastos, I, the Supreme, page 362:

        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.

      • 2002, Lyn Clark, Voice recognition with software applications, page 8:

        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.

   2. To cause or command the wrong effect; to mislead.
      • 1875, George Wither, Miscellaneous Works of George Wither - Volume 4, page 32:

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

      • 1979, ‎James M. Pedowitz, Title Insurance and You: What Every Lawyer Should Know!, page 38:

        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.