Definition of "misprints" [misprints]

• Plural form of misprint. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprint. (verb)

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• "(As the early editions of the book contain misprints, it may perhaps have been intended as a complete anagram.)"
• "We overlook the misprints, that is, we replace the wrong letters which are actually in our field of vision by imaginary right letters which correspond to our expectations."
• "Indeed, of 36 pages indexed under "Japanese," at least 15 contain errors -- up to 7 per page; and though some may be misprints, that is no help when the non-polyglot reader can't catch them."