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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. Mĭs'e-rē're, n.p. 844(Rom. Cath. Church.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 51st psalm, which commences with this word. 2. (Mus.) A musical composition adapted to the 51st psalm. 3. (Arch.) A…
  2. Mis'er-i-côrd', n.p. 844Compassion; pity; sympathy. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower. 2. (Arch.) See MISERERE.
  3. Mĭs'er-i-cōr'di-a, n.p. 844(O. Law.) An amercement. Burrill. 2. (Anc. Armor.) A narrow-bladed dagger used by a knight in the middle ages;—so called because employed against a dismounted adversary whom he had forced to cry for…
  4. Mis'er-ly, a.p. 844Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious. Syn.—Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.
  5. Mis'er-y, n.p. 844Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Miseria is as really the fruit of vice reigning in the heart, as tares are the produce of tares sown in the field. J.…
  6. Mis'es-teem', n.p. 844Want of esteem; disrespect.
  7. Mis-ĕs'ti-māte, v. t.p. 844To estimate erroneously.
  8. Mis-ēx'pla-nā'tion, n.p. 844An erroneous explanation.
  9. Mis-ēx'pli-cā'tion, n.p. 844Wrong explication.
  10. Mis-ĕx'po-si'tion, n.p. 844Wrong exposition.
  11. Mis'ex-pound', v. t.p. 844To expound erroneously.
  12. Mis'ex-prĕs'sion, n.p. 844Erroneous expression.
  13. Mis'faith, n.p. 844Want of faith: distrust. Tennyson.
  14. Mis-fall', v. t.p. 844To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. [Obs.] Spenser.
  15. Mis-fâre', n.p. 844Ill fare; misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.
  16. Mis-fâre’, v. i.p. 844To be in an ill state; to fare ill. [Obs.] Spenser.
  17. Mis-fash’ion, v. t.p. 844To form wrongly. Halevill.
  18. Mis-fēa'sance, n.p. 844(Law.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.
  19. Mis-feign’, v. i.p. 844To feign with an ill design. [Obs.] Spenser.
  20. Mis-fit', n.p. 844A bad fit. I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit. Dickens.
  21. Mis-fôrm', v. t.p. 844To make an ill form of; to put into an ill shape. Spenser.
  22. Mis'for-mā'tion, n.p. 844An irregularity of formation.
  23. Mis-fōrt'ū-nate, a.p. 844Producing misfortune; unfortunate. [Obs.] H. Taylor.
  24. Mis-fôrt'ūne, n.p. 844Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. Consider why the change was wrought, You'll find it his misfortune, not his fault. Addison. Syn. — Calamity…
  25. Mis-fort'ūne, v. i.p. 844To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. [Obs.] Stow.
  26. Mis-fôrt'ūned, a.p. 844Unfortunate. [Obs.] Milton.
  27. Mis-frāme', v. t.p. 844To frame wrongly.
  28. Mis-gĕt', v. t.p. 844To get by unlawful means; to procure wrongfully. [Obs.] Gower.
  29. Mis-gīve′, v. t.p. 844To fill with doubt and apprehension; to deprive of confidence; to fail; —usually applied to the heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun, as me, him, them. So doth my heart misgive me.…
  30. Mis-gĭv'ing, n.p. 844A failing of confidence; doubt; distrust. “Suspicious and misgivings.” South.
  31. Mis-gō', v. i.p. 844To go astray. [Obs.] Spenser.
  32. Mis-gŏt'ten, a.p. 844Unjustly obtained.
  33. Mis-gŏv'ern, v. t.p. 844To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully. Solyman charged him bitterly that he had misgoverned the state. Knolles.
  34. Mis-gŏv'ern-ance, n.p. 844Ill government; disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Spenser.
  35. Mis-gŏv'ern-ment, n.p. 844Ill administration of public or private affairs. 2. Irregularity; disorder.
  36. Mis-grā'ciŏŭs, a.p. 844Not graceful or gracious; disagreeable. [Obs.] Gower.
  37. Mis-gräft', v. t.p. 844
  38. Mis-graft', v. t.p. 844To graft amiss.
  39. Mis-ground’, v. t.p. 844To found erroneously:
  40. Mis-grōwth’, n.p. 844Ill growth; unnatural or abnormal development.
  41. Mis-guēss', v. t. & i.p. 844To guess wrongly.
  42. Mis-guid'ance, n.p. 844Wrong direction; guidance into error. South.
  43. Mis-guide', v. t.p. 844To direct ill; to lead or guide into error; as, to misguide the understanding or mind.
  44. Mis-guide', n.p. 844Misguidance. [Obs.] Spenser.
  45. Mis-guid'ing-ly, adv.p. 844In a way to mislead.
  46. Mis'gum or Mis'gurn, n.p. 844(Ichth.) A kind of fish resembling the eel in size and form.
  47. Mis-hān'dle, v. t.p. 844To handle or treat wrongly or injuriously; to maltreat.
  48. Mis-hāp', n.p. 844Ill chance; evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. “Secure from worldly chances and mishaps.” Shak. Syn. —Calamity; misfortune; mischance; accident; disaster. See CALAMITY.
  49. Mis-hāp’pen, v. i.p. 844To happen ill. [Obs.] Spenser.
  50. Mis-hāp'py, a.p. 844Unhappy. [Obs.]
  51. Mis-hēar', v. t.p. 844To hear incorrectly.
  52. Mis-hēar', v. i.p. 844To mistake in hearing.
  53. Mish'-māsh, n.p. 844A mingle, or hotch-potch.
  54. Mĭsh'nă, n.p. 844A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
  55. Mīsh'niē,, a.p. 844Pertaining, or relating, to the Mishna.
  56. Mis’im-ăg’i-nā’tion, n.p. 844Wrong imagination; incorrect conception. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  57. Mis/im-prōve', v. t.p. 844To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages.
  58. Mis'im-prove'ment, n.p. 844Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
  59. Mĭs'in-elīne', v. t.p. 844To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.
  60. Mis'in-fēr', v. t.p. 844To infer incorrectly.