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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′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.
  2. Mis′per·suā′sion, n.p. 845A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion.
  3. 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.
  4. Mis-pla'ce', v. t.p. 845To put in a wrong place; to set on an improper object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
  5. Mis-plāce'ment, n.p. 845The act of putting in the wrong place; the state of being misplaced.
  6. Mis-plead’, v. i.p. 845To err in pleading.
  7. Mis-plead'ing, n.p. 845(Law.) An error in pleading.
  8. Mis-point', v. t.p. 845To point improperly; to err in punctuation.
  9. Mis-pŏl'ĭ-cy, n.p. 845Wrong policy; impolicy. Southey.
  10. Mis-prác'tice, n.p. 845Wrong practice.
  11. Mis-print', v. t.p. 845To mistake in printing; to print wrong.
  12. Mĭs-print′, n.p. 845A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy.
  13. Mis-prīze', v. t.p. 845To mistake. [Obs.] Shak.
  14. 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…
  15. 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.
  16. Mis'pro-ceed'ing, n.p. 845Wrong or irregular proceeding.
  17. Mis'pro-fess', v. i.p. 845To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.
  18. Mis'pro-fess', v. t.p. 845To make a false profession.
  19. Mis′pro-nounce′, v. t.p. 845To pronounce erroneously.
  20. Mis'pro-nounce', v. i.p. 845To pronounce incorrectly.
  21. Mis’pro-nŭn’ci-ā’tĭon, n.p. 845Wrong or improper pronunciation.
  22. Mis/pro-pôr'tion, v. t.p. 845To err in proportioning one thing to another; to join without due proportion.
  23. Mis-proud', a.p. 845Viciously proud. [Obs.] Shak.
  24. Mis'quo-tā'tion, n.p. 845An erroneous quotation; the act of quoting wrong.
  25. Mis-quōte', v. t.p. 845To quote erroneously; to cite incorrectly.
  26. Mis-quōte', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect quotation.
  27. Mis-rāise′, v. t.p. 845To raise or excite wrongly or without reason. [Obs.] “Misraised fury.” Bp. Hall.
  28. Mis-rāte', v. t.p. 845To rate erroneously; to estimate falsely.
  29. Mis-rēad', v. t.p. 845To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
  30. Mis're-cēive', v. t.p. 845To receive erroneously.
  31. Mis're-cit'al, n.p. 845An inaccurate recital.
  32. Mis're-cīte', v. t.p. 845To recite erroneously.
  33. Mĭs're-cîte', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect recitation.
  34. Mis-rĕck'on, v. t.p. 845To reckon or compute wrongly.
  35. Mis-rĕck'on-ing, n.p. 845An erroneous computation.
  36. Mis-rĕc'ol-lĕc'tion, n.p. 845The act of remembering wrongly.
  37. Mis're-fōrm', v. t.p. 845To reform wrongly or imperfectly.
  38. Mis're-gārd', n.p. 845Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] Spenser.
  39. Mis-rēg'ū-lāte, v. t.p. 845To regulate falsely or incorrectly. Dickens.
  40. Mis're-hēārse', v. t.p. 845To rehearse incorrectly; to quote inaccurately.
  41. Mis're-lāte', v. t.p. 845To relate falsely or inaccurately. Boyle.
  42. Mis're-lā'tion, n.p. 845Erroneous relation or narration. Bramhall.
  43. Mis're-līg'ion, n.p. 845Wrong or false religion.
  44. Mis're-mēm'ber, v. t.p. 845To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.
  45. Mis're-mĕm'ber, v. i.p. 845To make a mistake in remembering.
  46. Mis're-pēat', v. t.p. 845To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.
  47. Mis're-pōrt', v. t.p. 845To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
  48. Mis're-pōrt', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect report.
  49. Mis're-pōrt', n.p. 845An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.
  50. 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.
  51. Mis-rĕp/re-sĕnt', v. i.p. 845To make an incorrect representation.
  52. 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…
  53. Mis-rĕp're-sĕnt'a-tĭve, a.p. 845Tending to convey a false impression; misrepresenting.
  54. Mis-rĕp'/re-sĕnt'er, n.p. 845One who gives a false or erroneous account.
  55. Mis're-pūte', v. t.p. 845To have in wrong estimation; to repute erroneously.
  56. Mis-rūle', n.p. 845Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. “Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.” Pope. 2. Unjust domination. Lord of misrule. See LORD.
  57. Mis-rul'y, a.p. 845Unruly; ungovernable; turbulent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  58. Miss, n.p. 845Young woman or girl; as, little masters and misses;—chiefly used as a title of address, prefixed to the name of an unmarried female. Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy ’mongst the maids and…
  59. Miss, v. t.p. 846To fail of hitting, reaching, attaining, or finding. “If you miss an office for which you stood candidate.” Bp. Taylor. Sometimes choosing rather to miss of his subsidies . . . than that the people…
  60. Miss, v. i.p. 846To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction. Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss or sweep but common souls away. Waller. 2. To succeed; to fail.…