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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-gŏv'ern-ment, n.p. 844Ill administration of public or private affairs. 2. Irregularity; disorder.
  2. Mis-grā'ciŏŭs, a.p. 844Not graceful or gracious; disagreeable. [Obs.] Gower.
  3. Mis-gräft', v. t.p. 844
  4. Mis-graft', v. t.p. 844To graft amiss.
  5. Mis-ground’, v. t.p. 844To found erroneously:
  6. Mis-grōwth’, n.p. 844Ill growth; unnatural or abnormal development.
  7. Mis-guēss', v. t. & i.p. 844To guess wrongly.
  8. Mis-guid'ance, n.p. 844Wrong direction; guidance into error. South.
  9. Mis-guide', v. t.p. 844To direct ill; to lead or guide into error; as, to misguide the understanding or mind.
  10. Mis-guide', n.p. 844Misguidance. [Obs.] Spenser.
  11. Mis-guid'ing-ly, adv.p. 844In a way to mislead.
  12. Mis'gum or Mis'gurn, n.p. 844(Ichth.) A kind of fish resembling the eel in size and form.
  13. Mis-hān'dle, v. t.p. 844To handle or treat wrongly or injuriously; to maltreat.
  14. 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.
  15. Mis-hāp’pen, v. i.p. 844To happen ill. [Obs.] Spenser.
  16. Mis-hāp'py, a.p. 844Unhappy. [Obs.]
  17. Mis-hēar', v. t.p. 844To hear incorrectly.
  18. Mis-hēar', v. i.p. 844To mistake in hearing.
  19. Mish'-māsh, n.p. 844A mingle, or hotch-potch.
  20. Mĭsh'nă, n.p. 844A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
  21. Mīsh'niē,, a.p. 844Pertaining, or relating, to the Mishna.
  22. Mis’im-ăg’i-nā’tion, n.p. 844Wrong imagination; incorrect conception. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  23. Mis/im-prōve', v. t.p. 844To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages.
  24. Mis'im-prove'ment, n.p. 844Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
  25. Mĭs'in-elīne', v. t.p. 844To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.
  26. Mis'in-fēr', v. t.p. 844To infer incorrectly.
  27. Mis'in-fēr', v. i.p. 844To draw a wrong inference.
  28. Mis'in-fōrm', v. t.p. 844To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts to.
  29. Mis'in-fōrm', v. i.p. 844To communicate false information;—followed by against.
  30. Mis'in-fōrm'ant, n.p. 844One who communicates false information.
  31. Mis-in/for-mā'tion, n.p. 844Wrong information; false account or intelligence received.
  32. Mis'in-fōrm'er, n.p. 844One who gives wrong information.
  33. Mis'in-strŭct', v. t.p. 844To instruct amiss.
  34. Mis/in-strŭ'e'tion, n.p. 844Wrong instruction.
  35. Mis/in-tēl'li-gençe, n.p. 844Wrong information; disagreement.
  36. Mis'in-tēr'pret, v. t.p. 844To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
  37. Mis'in-ter'pret-a-ble, a.p. 845Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
  38. Mis'in-ter'pre-ta'tion, n.p. 845The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
  39. Mis'in-tĕr'pret-er, n.p. 845One who interprets erroneously.
  40. Mis-join', v. t.p. 845To join unfitly or improperly.
  41. Mis'join'der, n.p. 845(Law.) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a suit. Bouvier.
  42. Mis-jŭdge', v. t.p. 845To mistake in judging of; to judge erroneously.
  43. Mis-jūdge', v. t.p. 845To err in judgment; to form false opinions or notions.
  44. Mis-jŭdg'ment, n.p. 845A wrong or unjust determination.
  45. Mis-keep', v. t.p. 845To keep or retain wrongly or imperfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  46. Mis-kēn', v. t.p. 845Not to ken or know; to be ignorant of. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  47. Mis'kin, n.p. 845(Mus.) A little bagpipe.
  48. Mis-kīn'dle, v. t.p. 845To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose.
  49. Mis-know', v. t.p. 845To know wrongly; to mistake; to misunderstand or misapprehend. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  50. Mis-lāy', v. t.p. 845To lay in a wrong place. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke. 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. If the butler be the telltale, mislay a spoon so that he may never find it.…
  51. Mis-lā'yər, n.p. 845One who mislays; one who loses.
  52. Mis'le, v. i.p. 845To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist. [Written also mizzle.]
  53. Mis'le, n.p. 845A fine rain; a thick mist.
  54. Mis-lēad’,, v. t.p. 845To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the misled and…
  55. Mis-lēad'er, n.p. 845One who leads into error.
  56. Mis-lēad'ing, n.p. 845A misguiding.
  57. Mis-lēarn’, v. t.p. 845To learn wrongly. [Obs.]
  58. Mis-lĕarn'ed, a.p. 845Not really or properly learned.
  59. Mis'len, n.p. 845See MASLIN.
  60. Mis'le-tōe, n.p. 845See MISTLETOE.