misdictateEtymologyFrom mis- + dictate.verbTo dictate incorrectly.; To utter the wrong words when giving dictation.“If, as sometimes happens, the teacher misdictates, the true speed should be announced immediately after the dictation.”To dictate incorrectly.; To cause or command the wrong effect; to mislead.“Unless my thoughts misdictate me, A secret Judgment, in this Act , May doubtlesly discerned be To shew GOD's hand was in the fact.”