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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-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.
  2. Mis′per-çēp′tion, n.p. 845Erroneous perception.
  3. Mis′per-suāde′, v. t.p. 845To persuade amiss; to lead to a wrong notion.
  4. 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.
  5. Mis′per·suā′sion, n.p. 845A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion.
  6. 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.
  7. Mis-pla'ce', v. t.p. 845To put in a wrong place; to set on an improper object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
  8. Mis-plāce'ment, n.p. 845The act of putting in the wrong place; the state of being misplaced.
  9. Mis-plead’, v. i.p. 845To err in pleading.
  10. Mis-plead'ing, n.p. 845(Law.) An error in pleading.
  11. Mis-point', v. t.p. 845To point improperly; to err in punctuation.
  12. Mis-pŏl'ĭ-cy, n.p. 845Wrong policy; impolicy. Southey.
  13. Mis-prác'tice, n.p. 845Wrong practice.
  14. Mis-print', v. t.p. 845To mistake in printing; to print wrong.
  15. Mĭs-print′, n.p. 845A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy.
  16. Mis-prīze', v. t.p. 845To mistake. [Obs.] Shak.
  17. Mis-pris'ion, n.p. 845The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [Obs. or rare.] Many, mistaking gradual for specifical differences amongst orders, have almost doubled their true number on that…
  18. Mis-prīze′, v. t.p. 845To slight or undervalue. O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse. I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Browning.
  19. Mis'pro-ceed'ing, n.p. 845Wrong or irregular proceeding.
  20. Mis'pro-fess', v. i.p. 845To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.
  21. Mis'pro-fess', v. t.p. 845To make a false profession.
  22. Mis′pro-nounce′, v. t.p. 845To pronounce erroneously.
  23. Mis'pro-nounce', v. i.p. 845To pronounce incorrectly.
  24. Mis’pro-nŭn’ci-ā’tĭon, n.p. 845Wrong or improper pronunciation.
  25. Mis/pro-pôr'tion, v. t.p. 845To err in proportioning one thing to another; to join without due proportion.
  26. Mis-proud', a.p. 845Viciously proud. [Obs.] Shak.
  27. Mis'quo-tā'tion, n.p. 845An erroneous quotation; the act of quoting wrong.
  28. Mis-quōte', v. t.p. 845To quote erroneously; to cite incorrectly.
  29. Mis-quōte', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect quotation.
  30. Mis-rāise′, v. t.p. 845To raise or excite wrongly or without reason. [Obs.] “Misraised fury.” Bp. Hall.
  31. Mis-rāte', v. t.p. 845To rate erroneously; to estimate falsely.
  32. Mis-rēad', v. t.p. 845To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
  33. Mis're-cēive', v. t.p. 845To receive erroneously.
  34. Mis're-cit'al, n.p. 845An inaccurate recital.
  35. Mis're-cīte', v. t.p. 845To recite erroneously.
  36. Mĭs're-cîte', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect recitation.
  37. Mis-rĕck'on, v. t.p. 845To reckon or compute wrongly.
  38. Mis-rĕck'on-ing, n.p. 845An erroneous computation.
  39. Mis-rĕc'ol-lĕc'tion, n.p. 845The act of remembering wrongly.
  40. Mis're-fōrm', v. t.p. 845To reform wrongly or imperfectly.
  41. Mis're-gārd', n.p. 845Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] Spenser.
  42. Mis-rēg'ū-lāte, v. t.p. 845To regulate falsely or incorrectly. Dickens.
  43. Mis're-hēārse', v. t.p. 845To rehearse incorrectly; to quote inaccurately.
  44. Mis're-lāte', v. t.p. 845To relate falsely or inaccurately. Boyle.
  45. Mis're-lā'tion, n.p. 845Erroneous relation or narration. Bramhall.
  46. Mis're-līg'ion, n.p. 845Wrong or false religion.
  47. Mis're-mēm'ber, v. t.p. 845To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.
  48. Mis're-mĕm'ber, v. i.p. 845To make a mistake in remembering.
  49. Mis're-pēat', v. t.p. 845To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.
  50. Mis're-pōrt', v. t.p. 845To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
  51. Mis're-pōrt', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect report.
  52. Mis're-pōrt', n.p. 845An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.
  53. Mis-rĕp're-sĕnt', v. t.p. 845To represent falsely or incorrectly; to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly.
  54. Mis-rĕp/re-sĕnt', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect representation.
  55. Mis-rĕp're-sen-tā'tion, n.p. 845The act of giving a false or erroneous representation. 2. A false or incorrect account given, either from mistake, carelessness, or malice. Atterbury. ☞ This word is so customarily used for a…
  56. Mis-rĕp're-sĕnt'a-tĭve, a.p. 845Tending to convey a false impression; misrepresenting.
  57. Mis-rĕp'/re-sĕnt'er, n.p. 845One who gives a false or erroneous account.
  58. Mis're-pūte', v. t.p. 845To have in wrong estimation; to repute erroneously.
  59. Mis-rūle', n.p. 845Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. “Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.” Pope. 2. Unjust domination. Lord of misrule. See LORD.
  60. Mis-rul'y, a.p. 845Unruly; ungovernable; turbulent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.