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Definition of Miswording
1. misword [v] - See also: misword
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miswording
Literary usage of Miswording
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1877)
"... overruled by the chancellor on the broad ground that to take advantage of the
miswording of a deed to obtain land which had not been bought or paid for, ..."
2. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"... make him acquainted with the original intention of the grant, and how it had
failed in its intended effect, from a miswording in the original Message. ..."
3. The Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant-governor of the Colony by Robert Dinwiddie, Robert Alonzo Brock (1883)
"He and Captain Robert Stobo were held as hostages by the French at the Capitulation
of Fort Necessity, July 3rd, 1754- For a miswording of the verbiage of ..."
4. History of Pittsburgh and Environs: From Prehistoric Days to the Beginning by George Thornton Fleming (1922)
"From an unfortunate miswording in his translation to Washington of the articles
of surrender, and particularly in the expression "l'assassinat" which he ..."
5. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1871)
"It was attempted to be dealt with by one of the Acts of George IV., but had
entirely failed through the miswording of a clause. ..."
6. Journal of Colonel George Washington: Commanding a Detachment of Virginia by George Washington (1893)
"From an unfortunate miswording in his translation to Washington of the articles
of surrender, and particularly in the expression " assassination," which he ..."
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