Miscommand
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Incompetence at commanding. countable, uncountable
"This applied to the privates in the ranks, and to officers in the highest grades. The attempt to smother up and to stifle investigation ordered to be made late the miscommand of its members who have brought disgrace upon its name, gives us a painful reply."
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + command.
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