Misdub

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To dub incorrectly (any sense).

    "Hearken, James of England, And you, his peers of council; Spain my master Claims Walter Raleigh here, misdubbed for knight, A felon, and a murderer, and a pirate."

Example

More examples

"Hearken, James of England, And you, his peers of council; Spain my master Claims Walter Raleigh here, misdubbed for knight, A felon, and a murderer, and a pirate."

Etymology

From mis- + dub.

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