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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mis-be-hāved’,, a. p. 843Guilty of ill behavior; ill-bred; rude. Shak.Mis'be-hāv'ior, n. p. 843Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill-conduct. Addison.Mis'be-lief', n. p. 843Erroneous belief; false religion.Mis'be-lē've', v. t. p. 843To believe erroneously. Shak.Mis'be-lēv'er, n. p. 843One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.Mis'be-seem', v. t. p. 843To suit ill.Mis'be-stōw', v. t. p. 843To bestow improperly. Milton.Mis'bŏrn, a. p. 843Born to evil or misfortune. Spenser.Mis-cāl′cu-lāte, v. t. p. 843To calculate erroneously. Arbuthnot.Mis-cāl'cu-lā'tion, n. p. 843Erroneous calculation.Mis-call', v. t. p. 843To call by a wrong name; to name improperly; to abuse; to revile. Spenser.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…Mis-cär'riage-a-ble, a. p. 843Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.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…Mis-cāst’, v. t. p. 843To cast or reckon erroneously.Mis-cāst', n. p. 843An erroneous cast or reckoning.Mis'ce-ge-nā'tion, n. p. 843A mixing of races; amalgamation. ☞ A recent and ill-formed word. It should be miscegeneration.Mis'cel-la-nā'ri-an, a. p. 843Belonging to miscellanies; of miscellanies. “Miscellanarian authors.” Shaftesbury.Mis'cel-la-nā'ri-an, n. p. 843A writer of miscellanies.Mis'cel-lāne, n. p. 843A mixture of two or more sorts of grain;—now called maslin and meslin.Mis'cel-lā'ne-ā, n. pl. p. 843A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.Mis'cel-lā'ne-ōŭs, a. p. 843Mixed; mingled; consisting of several kinds; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous publication; a miscellaneous rabble. Milton.Mis'cel-lā'ne-oüs-ly, adv. p. 843With variety or mixture.Mis'cel-lā'ne-oūs-ness, n. p. 843The state of being miscellaneous.Mis'cel-la-nīst, n. p. 843A writer of miscellanies; a miscellanarian.Mĭs'cel-la-ny, n. p. 843A mass or mixture of various kinds; a medley. 2. Especially, a collection of compositions on various subjects; a collection of various compositions.Mis'cel-la-ny, a. p. 843Miscellaneous. [Obs.] Bacon.Mis-cĕn'ter or Mis-cĕn'tre, v. t. p. 843To center, or place amiss. [Obs.] Donne.Mis-chăn'ce, n. p. 843Ill luck; ill fortune; misfortune; mishap; misadventure. It is a man's unhappiness, his mischance or calamity, but not his fault. South. Syn.—Calamity; misfortune; misadventure; mishap; infelicity…Mis-chär'æ-ter-ize, v. t. p. 843To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.Mis-chär'ge', v. t. p. 843To mistake in charging, as an account.Mis-chärge', n. p. 843A mistake in charging, as an account; an erroneous entry in an account.Mis'chief, n. p. 843Evil produced or effected, whether with or without intention; injury caused by heedlessness, folly, or perversity; harm, trouble, or vexation coming from human agency; hurt; damage; often, trivial…Mis’chief, v. t. p. 843To do mischief or harm to; to hurt; to injure; to trouble; to vex. [Obs.] And being divided into regiments and brigades, were the only arms that mischieved us in all those battles and encounters.…Mis’chief-māk’er, n. p. 843One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.Mis'chief-māk'ing, a. p. 843Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe.Mis'chiev-oŭs, a. p. 843Making mischief; harmful; hurtful; injurious; noxious; as, a mischievous man or disposition. 2. Inclined to do harm; troublesome; vexatious; annoying; as, a mischievous boy. Formerly by many speakers…Mis'chiev-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 843In a mischievous manner; with injury, hurt, loss, or damage; with evil intention or disposition.Mis'chiev-ōus-ness, n. p. 843The quality of being mischievous; hurtfulness; noxiousness; disposition to do harm, or to vex or annoy; as, the mischievousness of youth.Mĭsch’na, n. p. 843The text of the Jewish Talmud. See MISHNA.Mis-chōōse', v. t. p. 843To choose wrongly. Milton.Mis-chōōse', v. i. p. 843To make a wrong choice.Mis-chrĭst’ēn, v. t. p. 843To christen improperly.Mis'ci-bîl'i-ty, n. p. 843Capability of being mixed. [Obs.]Mis'ci-ble, a. p. 843Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, oil and water are not miscible. [Obs.] All these had kept the landed and moneyed interests more separated in France, less miscible. Burke.Mis'çi-tā'tion, n. p. 843Erroneous or inappropriate quotation. Collier.Mis-cīte', v. t. p. 843To cite erroneously or inappropriately.Mis-clāim', n. p. 843A mistaken claim or demand.Mis-cŏg'ni-zant, a. p. 843(Law.) Not cognizant; ignorant.Mis-cŏg'nīze, v. t. p. 843To understand wrongly; to fail to recognize; to misunderstand. [Obs.] The good never intervert, nor miscognize, the favor and benefit which they have received. Holland.Mis-cōl'lo-cā'tion, n. p. 843Wrong collocation. De Quincey.Mis-côm'fort, n. p. 843Discomfort. [Obs.] Chaucer.Mis-còm/pre-hēnd’, v. t. p. 843To comprehend or understand wrongly.Mis-côm'/pu-tā'/tion, n. p. 843Erroneous computation; false reckoning. Clarendon.Mis'com-pūte', v. t. p. 843To compute or reckon erroneously.Mis'con-çeit', n. p. 843Misconception. Spenser.Mis'con-çēive', v. t. or i. p. 843To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion or opinion of; to misjudge; to have an erroneous understanding of. Our endeavor is . . . to yield to them just and reasonable…Mis'con-cēiv'er, n. p. 843One who misconceives.Mis'/con-çēp'tion, n. p. 843Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong notion or understanding of a thing. Great errors and dangers result from a misconception of the names of things. Hervey. Syn.—Misapprehension…Mis-cōn'duct, n. p. 843Wrong conduct; ill behavior; ill management. Addison. Syn.—Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.