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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mis'/ad-vĕnt'/ure, n.p. 842Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. It brings bad tidings; how it hourly blows Man's misadventures round the listening world! Young. Homicide by misadventure (Law)…
  2. Mis'ad-vĕnt'ured, a.p. 842Unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak.
  3. Mis'ad-vēnt'ār-ōŭs, a.p. 842Pertaining to misadventure; unfortunate.
  4. Mis'ad-vīçe', n.p. 842Evil or bad advice.
  5. Mis'ad-vīse', v. t.p. 842To give bad counsel to.
  6. Mis'ad-vīsed', a.p. 842Ill advised; ill directed.
  7. Mis'af-fēct', v. t.p. 842To dislike. [Obs.]
  8. Mis'af-fēct'ed, a.p. 842Ill disposed. [Obs.]
  9. Mĭs’af-fēc’tion, n.p. 842An evil or wrong affection. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  10. Mĭs'af-firm', v. t.p. 842To affirm incorrectly.
  11. Mis-āimed', a.p. 842Not rightly aimed or directed. [Obs.]
  12. Mis-äl/le-grä/tion, n.p. 842Erroneous statement.
  13. Mis'al-lēge', v. t.p. 842To state erroneously.
  14. Mis'al-li'ance, n.p. 842Improper association; especially, an improper or degrading connection by marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station. A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know…
  15. Mis'al-līed', a.p. 842Ill allied or associated.
  16. Mis'al-lōt'ment, n.p. 842A wrong allotment.
  17. Mis-al'ter, v. t.p. 842To alter wrongly or for the worse. [Obs.] These . . . have so misaltered the liturgy, that it can no more be known to be itself. Bp. Hall.
  18. Mis'an-thrōpe or Mis-ăn'thro-pist, n.p. 842A hater of mankind.
  19. Mis'an-thrŏp'ic or Mis'an-thrŏp'ic-al, a.p. 842Hating, or having a dislike to, mankind.
  20. Mis-ăn’thro-pŏs, n.p. 842A hater of mankind; a misanthrope. [Obs.] Shak.
  21. Mis-ăn’thro-py, n.p. 842Hatred or dislike to mankind;—opposed to philanthropy.
  22. Mis-ăp/plī-cā/tion, n.p. 842A wrong application; an application to a wrong person or purpose.
  23. Mis'ap-plý', v. t.p. 842To apply wrongly or to a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply our talents or exertions; to misapply public money.
  24. Mis'ap-pre'ci-ā'ted, a.p. 843Improperly appreciated.
  25. Mis-ăp'pre-hēnd', v. t.p. 843To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.
  26. Mis-ăp/pre-hĕn'sion, n.p. 843A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning or of a fact. Syn.—Misconception; misunderstanding; mistaking; mistake.
  27. Mis-äp/pre-hĕn’sive-ly, adv.p. 843By, or with, misapprehension.
  28. Mis'ap-prō'pri-ā'tion, n.p. 843Wrong appropriation.
  29. Mis-ar-rānge′, v. t.p. 843To place in a wrong order, or improper manner.
  30. Mis'ar-rānge'ment, n.p. 843Wrong arrangement.
  31. Mis'as-crībe', v. t.p. 843To ascribe falsely or erroneously.
  32. Mis'as-sāy', v. t.p. 843To assay, try, or attempt improperly. [Obs.] Browne.
  33. Mĭs'as-sīgn', v. t.p. 843To assign erroneously.
  34. Mis'et-tēnd', v. t.p. 843To disregard. [Obs.]
  35. Mis-beār’, v. i.p. 843To behave or bear one’s self improperly; to misbehave. [Obs.]
  36. Mis'be-cōme', v. t.p. 843Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to. “Such drudgery as did not misbecome an honest man.” Macaulay. Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison.
  37. Mis'be-cōm'ing-ly, adv.p. 843In a misbecoming manner.
  38. Mis'/be-cōm'ing-ness, n.p. 843Unbecomingness; unsuitableness. Boyle.
  39. Mis-bēde', v. t.p. 843To wrong; to do injury to. [Obs.]
  40. Mis'be-fit'ting, a.p. 843Not befitting.
  41. Mis/be-gŏt’ or Mis/be-gŏt’ten, p. a.p. 843Unlawfully or irregularly begotten.
  42. Mis'/be-hā've', v. i.p. 843To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly;—often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  43. Mis-be-hāved’,, a.p. 843Guilty of ill behavior; ill-bred; rude. Shak.
  44. Mis'be-hāv'ior, n.p. 843Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill-conduct. Addison.
  45. Mis'be-lief', n.p. 843Erroneous belief; false religion.
  46. Mis'be-lē've', v. t.p. 843To believe erroneously. Shak.
  47. Mis'be-lēv'er, n.p. 843One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.
  48. Mis'be-seem', v. t.p. 843To suit ill.
  49. Mis'be-stōw', v. t.p. 843To bestow improperly. Milton.
  50. Mis'bŏrn, a.p. 843Born to evil or misfortune. Spenser.
  51. Mis-cāl′cu-lāte, v. t.p. 843To calculate erroneously. Arbuthnot.
  52. Mis-cāl'cu-lā'tion, n.p. 843Erroneous calculation.
  53. Mis-call', v. t.p. 843To call by a wrong name; to name improperly; to abuse; to revile. Spenser.
  54. Mis-cār'riage, n.p. 843Unfortunate event of an undertaking; failure. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and…
  55. Mis-cär'riage-a-ble, a.p. 843Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  56. Mis-căr'ry, v. t.p. 843To fail of the intended effect; not to succeed; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. 2. To fail; not to reach its destination; as, the letter miscarried. 3. To…
  57. Mis-cāst’, v. t.p. 843To cast or reckon erroneously.
  58. Mis-cāst', n.p. 843An erroneous cast or reckoning.
  59. Mis'ce-ge-nā'tion, n.p. 843A mixing of races; amalgamation. ☞ A recent and ill-formed word. It should be miscegeneration.
  60. Mis'cel-la-nā'ri-an, a.p. 843Belonging to miscellanies; of miscellanies. “Miscellanarian authors.” Shaftesbury.