Miscollect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Miscollect is a verb meaning To make errors in the process of collecting.
Meaning
To make errors in the process of collecting.
More Meanings
- (archaic) To misremember.
Example Sentences
"I miscollect, at times, how young you are still," he said. "Too young, really, to have such responsibility."
He is compelled to use the greatest care over it that he does not miscollect, fail to collect, or improperly or in any other way discharge his duty.
On the other hand, we all know that it is easy to miscollect, so that the value of the whole hour really is a kind of precaution that we take against undercollecting a specimen or the number of specimens under consideration.
If I miscollect not the sense of the house it is in these then 2 questions: 1. Whether the Lords intermedling in subsidy & voting it in theyr house were a breach of priveledge. 2. Query whether in Conference with us prescribing & chalking the way was not a breach of priveledge.
Word Forms
- miscollects
- miscollecting
- miscollected
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misgather, misrecollect, misprocess, mischeck, misgrasp, miscommit.
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