miscensure

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ censure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈsɛnʃə(ɹ)/

Verb

miscensure (third-person singular simple present miscensures, present participle miscensuring, simple past and past participle miscensured)

1. (obsolete) To misjudge.
   • 1618, Samuel Daniel, The Collection of the History of England:

     if we mis-censure your actions, which are euer (as those of men) according to the vogue

Noun

miscensure (plural miscensures)

1. (obsolete) erroneous judgment
   • 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas], “(please specify the page)”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:

     Your hard Opinions, and mis-Censures

References

“miscensure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.