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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'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.Mis'con-dūct', v. t. p. 843To conduct amiss; to mismanage.Mis'con-dūct', v. i. p. 843To behave amiss.Mis-cŏn'fi-dent, a. p. 843Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting or believing. [Rare.] Bp. Hall.Mis'con-jēct'ūre, n. p. 843A wrong conjecture or guess.Mĭs'con-jēct'ūre, v. t. or i. p. 843To guess wrongly.Mis-cōn'se-crā'tion, n. p. 843Wrong consecration.Mis-cōn'se-quence, n. p. 843A wrong consequence.Mis'con-strŭct', v. t. p. 843To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.Mis'con-strūc'tion, n. p. 843Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation of words or things; a mistaking of true meaning.Mis-cōn'strue, v. t. p. 843To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously. Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden. A virtuous emperor was much affected to find his actions misconstrued. Addison.Mis-cōn'stru-er, n. p. 843One who misconstrues.Mis'/con-tēnt', a. p. 843Not content; discontented. She was not miscontent that he seemed little to regard Jacob's well. Vidal.Mis’con-tīn’ū-ance, n. p. 843Cessation; discontinuance; intermission. [Obs.]Mis'cor-rēct', v. t. p. 843To mistake in attempting to correct. He passed the first seven years of his life at Mantua, not seventeen, as Scaliger miscorrects his author. Dryden.Mis-coun'sel, v. t. p. 843To counsel or advise wrongly. Spenser.Mis-count', v. t. p. 843To count erroneously; to mistake in counting.Mis-count', v. i. p. 843To make wrong reckoning.