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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-lā'yər, n.p. 845One who mislays; one who loses.
  2. Mis'le, v. i.p. 845To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist. [Written also mizzle.]
  3. Mis'le, n.p. 845A fine rain; a thick mist.
  4. 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…
  5. Mis-lēad'er, n.p. 845One who leads into error.
  6. Mis-lēad'ing, n.p. 845A misguiding.
  7. Mis-lēarn’, v. t.p. 845To learn wrongly. [Obs.]
  8. Mis-lĕarn'ed, a.p. 845Not really or properly learned.
  9. Mis'len, n.p. 845See MASLIN.
  10. Mis'le-tōe, n.p. 845See MISTLETOE.
  11. Mis-like', v. t. or i.p. 845To dislike; to disapprove of; to have aversion to; as, to mislike a man. “Who may like or mislike what he says.” I. Taylor.
  12. Mis-like', n.p. 845Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.
  13. Mis-lik'er, n.p. 845One who dislikes.
  14. Mĭs'lin, n. & a.p. 845See MASLIN.
  15. Mis-live', v. i.p. 845To live amiss. [Obs.]
  16. Mis-lŏdge′, v. t.p. 845To lodge amiss. [Obs.] Marston.
  17. Mis-lŭck′, n.p. 845Ill luck; misfortune.
  18. Mis'ly, a.p. 845Raining in very small drops.
  19. Mis-māk'e, v. t.p. 845To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. “Limping possibilities of mismade human nature.” Browning.
  20. Mis-măn'age, v. i.p. 845To behave or manage ill; to conduct amiss.
  21. Mis-măn'age, v. t.p. 845To manage ill; to administer improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
  22. Mis-măn'age-ment, n.p. 845Ill or improper management; ill conduct; as, the mismanagement of public or private affairs.
  23. Mis-măn'a-ger, n.p. 845One who manages ill.
  24. Mis-märk’, v. t.p. 845To mark with the wrong token; to mark erroneously.
  25. Mis-mätch', v. t.p. 845To match unsuitably.
  26. Mis-mĕas'ūre, v. t.p. 845To measure incorrectly.
  27. Mis-mēas'ure-ment, n.p. 845Wrong measurement.
  28. Mis-nāme′, v. t.p. 845To call by the wrong name.
  29. Mis-nō'mer, n.p. 845(Law.) The mistaking of the true name of a person; the using of one name for another; a misnaming. “Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary ‘reforms.’” Burke. 2. A wrong or…
  30. Mis-nūm'ber, v. t.p. 845To number, enumerate, or count wrongly. [Obs.] “The armies . . . were misnumbered.” Raleigh.
  31. Mis-nūrt'ūre, v. t.p. 845To nurture or train wrongly. “Parents misnurturing their children.” Bp. Hall.
  32. Mis'o-bē'di-ence, n.p. 845Erroneous obedience, or disobedience. [Obs.] Milton.
  33. Mis'ob-sĕrve', v. t.p. 845To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
  34. Mis'ob-sĕrv'er, n.p. 845One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
  35. Mi-sŏg'a-mĭst, n.p. 845A hater of marriage.
  36. Mi-sŏg'a-my, n.p. 845Hatred of marriage.
  37. Mi-sōg'y-nist, n.p. 845A woman-hater.
  38. Mī-sŏg'y-ny, n.p. 845Hatred of the female sex.
  39. Mis'o-pīn'ion, n.p. 845Erroneous opinion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  40. Mis-ōr'der, v. t.p. 845To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. [Obs.] Shak.
  41. Mis-ôr'der, n.p. 845Irregularity; disorderly proceedings; disorder. [Obs.] Camden.
  42. Mis-ôr'der-ly, a.p. 845Irregular; disorderly. [Obs.]
  43. Mis-ōr'di-nā'tion, n.p. 845Wrong ordination. [Obs.]
  44. Mis'o-thē'ism, n.p. 845Hatred of God. [Rare.] De Quincey.
  45. Mis-ōwn', v. t.p. 845To own, avow, or acknowledge wrongly. [Obs.] Stow.
  46. Mis-pās'sion, n.p. 845Wrong passion or feeling. [Obs.]
  47. Mis-pāy’ or Mis-pēll’ or Mis-pēnd’, v. t.p. 845To displease; to discontent or dissatisfy. [Obs.] Mis-pēll’, Mis-pēnd’, &c. See MISSPELL, MISSPEND, &c.
  48. Mis′per-çēp′tion, n.p. 845Erroneous perception.
  49. Mis′per-suāde′, v. t.p. 845To persuade amiss; to lead to a wrong notion.
  50. Mis′per-suā′si-ble-ness, n.p. 845The quality of being incapable of persuasion or conviction. [Obs.] “Sons of mispersuasibleness, that will not be drawn or persuaded.” Leighton.
  51. Mis′per·suā′sion, n.p. 845A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion.
  52. Mis-pick'el, n.p. 845(Min.) Arsenical iron pyrites; an ore of a silver or grayish white color, consisting of iron combined with sulphur and arsenic.
  53. Mis-pla'ce', v. t.p. 845To put in a wrong place; to set on an improper object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
  54. Mis-plāce'ment, n.p. 845The act of putting in the wrong place; the state of being misplaced.
  55. Mis-plead’, v. i.p. 845To err in pleading.
  56. Mis-plead'ing, n.p. 845(Law.) An error in pleading.
  57. Mis-point', v. t.p. 845To point improperly; to err in punctuation.
  58. Mis-pŏl'ĭ-cy, n.p. 845Wrong policy; impolicy. Southey.
  59. Mis-prác'tice, n.p. 845Wrong practice.
  60. Mis-print', v. t.p. 845To mistake in printing; to print wrong.