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miscancel

verb

Etymology

From mis- + cancel.

  1. derived from cancellō
  2. derived from canceler
  3. derived from canceler
  4. inherited from cancellen
  5. prefixed as miscancel — “mis + cancel”

Definitions

  1. To cancel by mistake.

    • No one will ever discover it, and, if they do, the lady has only to say that she stupidly miscanceled.

  2. To make a mistake in the process of cancelling.

    • The prescriptions are sometimes irresponsibly written by general practitioners. We usually find miscancelled prescriptions arranged for the purpose of abuse.
    • So many copies have come down to us in which the title-page of the preliminaries is miscancelled, indeed , that it is surprising that we know of only one in which the earlier title-page is bound as printed.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA