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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-fôrm', v. t.p. 844To make an ill form of; to put into an ill shape. Spenser.
  2. Mis'for-mā'tion, n.p. 844An irregularity of formation.
  3. Mis-fōrt'ū-nate, a.p. 844Producing misfortune; unfortunate. [Obs.] H. Taylor.
  4. 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…
  5. Mis-fort'ūne, v. i.p. 844To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. [Obs.] Stow.
  6. Mis-fôrt'ūned, a.p. 844Unfortunate. [Obs.] Milton.
  7. Mis-frāme', v. t.p. 844To frame wrongly.
  8. Mis-gĕt', v. t.p. 844To get by unlawful means; to procure wrongfully. [Obs.] Gower.
  9. 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.…
  10. Mis-gĭv'ing, n.p. 844A failing of confidence; doubt; distrust. “Suspicious and misgivings.” South.
  11. Mis-gō', v. i.p. 844To go astray. [Obs.] Spenser.
  12. Mis-gŏt'ten, a.p. 844Unjustly obtained.
  13. Mis-gŏv'ern, v. t.p. 844To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully. Solyman charged him bitterly that he had misgoverned the state. Knolles.
  14. Mis-gŏv'ern-ance, n.p. 844Ill government; disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Spenser.
  15. Mis-gŏv'ern-ment, n.p. 844Ill administration of public or private affairs. 2. Irregularity; disorder.
  16. Mis-grā'ciŏŭs, a.p. 844Not graceful or gracious; disagreeable. [Obs.] Gower.
  17. Mis-gräft', v. t.p. 844
  18. Mis-graft', v. t.p. 844To graft amiss.
  19. Mis-ground’, v. t.p. 844To found erroneously:
  20. Mis-grōwth’, n.p. 844Ill growth; unnatural or abnormal development.
  21. Mis-guēss', v. t. & i.p. 844To guess wrongly.
  22. Mis-guid'ance, n.p. 844Wrong direction; guidance into error. South.
  23. Mis-guide', v. t.p. 844To direct ill; to lead or guide into error; as, to misguide the understanding or mind.
  24. Mis-guide', n.p. 844Misguidance. [Obs.] Spenser.
  25. Mis-guid'ing-ly, adv.p. 844In a way to mislead.
  26. Mis'gum or Mis'gurn, n.p. 844(Ichth.) A kind of fish resembling the eel in size and form.
  27. Mis-hān'dle, v. t.p. 844To handle or treat wrongly or injuriously; to maltreat.
  28. 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.
  29. Mis-hāp’pen, v. i.p. 844To happen ill. [Obs.] Spenser.
  30. Mis-hāp'py, a.p. 844Unhappy. [Obs.]
  31. Mis-hēar', v. t.p. 844To hear incorrectly.
  32. Mis-hēar', v. i.p. 844To mistake in hearing.
  33. Mish'-māsh, n.p. 844A mingle, or hotch-potch.
  34. Mĭsh'nă, n.p. 844A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
  35. Mīsh'niē,, a.p. 844Pertaining, or relating, to the Mishna.
  36. Mis’im-ăg’i-nā’tion, n.p. 844Wrong imagination; incorrect conception. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  37. Mis/im-prōve', v. t.p. 844To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages.
  38. Mis'im-prove'ment, n.p. 844Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
  39. Mĭs'in-elīne', v. t.p. 844To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.
  40. Mis'in-fēr', v. t.p. 844To infer incorrectly.
  41. Mis'in-fēr', v. i.p. 844To draw a wrong inference.
  42. Mis'in-fōrm', v. t.p. 844To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts to.
  43. Mis'in-fōrm', v. i.p. 844To communicate false information;—followed by against.
  44. Mis'in-fōrm'ant, n.p. 844One who communicates false information.
  45. Mis-in/for-mā'tion, n.p. 844Wrong information; false account or intelligence received.
  46. Mis'in-fōrm'er, n.p. 844One who gives wrong information.
  47. Mis'in-strŭct', v. t.p. 844To instruct amiss.
  48. Mis/in-strŭ'e'tion, n.p. 844Wrong instruction.
  49. Mis/in-tēl'li-gençe, n.p. 844Wrong information; disagreement.
  50. Mis'in-tēr'pret, v. t.p. 844To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
  51. Mis'in-ter'pret-a-ble, a.p. 845Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
  52. Mis'in-ter'pre-ta'tion, n.p. 845The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
  53. Mis'in-tĕr'pret-er, n.p. 845One who interprets erroneously.
  54. Mis-join', v. t.p. 845To join unfitly or improperly.
  55. Mis'join'der, n.p. 845(Law.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a suit. Bouvier.
  56. Mis-jŭdge', v. t.p. 845To mistake in judging of; to judge erroneously.
  57. Mis-jūdge', v. t.p. 845To err in judgment; to form false opinions or notions.
  58. Mis-jŭdg'ment, n.p. 845A wrong or unjust determination.
  59. Mis-keep', v. t.p. 845To keep or retain wrongly or imperfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  60. Mis-kēn', v. t.p. 845Not to ken or know; to be ignorant of. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]