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miscommand

verb
/ˌmɪskəˈmænd//ˈmɪskəˌmænd/

Etymology

From mis- + command.

  1. derived from commendo
  2. derived from commando
  3. derived from comander
  4. inherited from commanden
  5. prefixed as miscommand — “mis + command”

Definitions

  1. To command incompetently.

    • If a Governour make a new Sacrament, I will not obey, because: his command is null, and the thing simply evil. If he miscommand a Circumstance of Time, or Place, or Gesture, I will consider the consequents.
    • If either the superiors miscommand, or the inferiors disobey, it is an affront to peace.
    • The truant skipped his drill, but had an eye no man could turn aside or miscommand for where the quarry of his spirit lay.

  2. Incompetence at commanding.

    • While he finished that glass, he managed to pay devoted attention to both charmers, meanwhile spieling away with a masterly miscommand of English to the large group that now surrounded him.
    • Thersites , a chronic complainer, scolds Agamemnon for miscommand, and is rebuked and beaten by Odysseus.

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