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miscopy

American

[mis-kop-ee] / mɪsˈkɒp i /

verb (used with object)

miscopied, miscopying

to copy incorrectly.

to miscopy an address.

noun

an incorrect copy.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

miscopies

plural

Etymology

Origin of miscopy

First recorded in 1815–25; mis- ¹ + copy

Example Sentences

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To miscopy is far easier—we have only to mimic the act and murder the art.

From The Amateur Garden by Cable, George Washington

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