Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To copy wrongly or inaccurately; imitate imperfectly or in a mistaken manner.
- noun An error in copying.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To copy amiss.
- noun A mistake in copying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
imperfect copy. - verb To
copy incorrectly ; to copy with mistakes.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Low levels can literally cause you to miscopy your DNA, raising your cancer risk by up to 40 percent.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Low levels can literally cause you to miscopy your DNA, raising your cancer risk by up to 40 percent.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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So worried that some scribe was going to miscopy his poem.
Archive 2009-03-01 Kat Howard 2009
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So worried that some scribe was going to miscopy his poem.
I do not think it means what you think it means Kat Howard 2009
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Low levels can literally cause you to miscopy your DNA, raising your cancer risk by up to 40 percent.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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To miscopy is far easier -- we have only to mimic the act and murder the art.
The Amateur Garden George Washington Cable 1884
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