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Definition of Miscomputing
1. miscompute [v] - See also: miscompute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscomputing
Literary usage of Miscomputing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"Kitch, 231. Though it is generally said to be where a continuance is made by
undue process. Jenk. Cent. 57. miscomputing. ..."
2. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1885)
"... the hours are not computed : for * See Hobart such account is too subtile
and * busy. pr' auctions. miscomputing may be amended in a verdict. ..."
3. Nine Discourses on Various Subjects: And Seven Charges, Delivered to the by Thomas Balguy (1817)
"All the errors in their conduct proceed from miscomputing their true interest.
—But will not this always be the case ? We cannot reasonably expect that the ..."
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