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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mis-rĕck'on, v. t. p. 845To reckon or compute wrongly.Mis-rĕck'on-ing, n. p. 845An erroneous computation.Mis-rĕc'ol-lĕc'tion, n. p. 845The act of remembering wrongly.Mis're-fōrm', v. t. p. 845To reform wrongly or imperfectly.Mis're-gārd', n. p. 845Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] Spenser.Mis-rēg'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 845To regulate falsely or incorrectly. Dickens.Mis're-hēārse', v. t. p. 845To rehearse incorrectly; to quote inaccurately.Mis're-lāte', v. t. p. 845To relate falsely or inaccurately. Boyle.Mis're-lā'tion, n. p. 845Erroneous relation or narration. Bramhall.Mis're-līg'ion, n. p. 845Wrong or false religion.Mis're-mēm'ber, v. t. p. 845To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.Mis're-mĕm'ber, v. i. p. 845To make a mistake in remembering.Mis're-pēat', v. t. p. 845To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.Mis're-pōrt', v. t. p. 845To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.Mis're-pōrt', v. i. p. 845To make an incorrect report.Mis're-pōrt', n. p. 845An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.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.Mis-rĕp/re-sĕnt', v. i. p. 845To make an incorrect representation.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…Mis-rĕp're-sĕnt'a-tĭve, a. p. 845Tending to convey a false impression; misrepresenting.Mis-rĕp'/re-sĕnt'er, n. p. 845One who gives a false or erroneous account.Mis're-pūte', v. t. p. 845To have in wrong estimation; to repute erroneously.Mis-rūle', n. p. 845Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. “Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.” Pope. 2. Unjust domination. Lord of misrule. See LORD.Mis-rul'y, a. p. 845Unruly; ungovernable; turbulent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.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…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…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.…Miss, n. p. 846Loss; want; felt absence. And make the Grecians find His miss in much death. Chapman. There will be no great miss of those which are lost. Locke. 2. Mistake; error. He did without any great miss in…Mis'sal, n. p. 846The Roman Catholic mass-book.Mis'sal, a. p. 846Of, or pertaining to, the Roman Catholic mass-book. [Rare.] Bp. Hall.Mis-sāy', v. t. p. 846To say wrongly. [Obs.] 2. To speak evil of; to slander.Mis-sāy', v. i. p. 846To speak ill. [Obs.] Spenser.Mis-seek’, v. t. p. 846To seek for wrongly. [Obs.] And yet the thing, that most is your desire, You do misseek. Wyatt.Mis-seem', v. i. p. 846To make a false appearance. 2. To misbecome; to be misbecoming. Spenser.Mis'sel or Mis'sel-bird, n. p. 846(Ornith.) A singing bird, the largest of the European thrushes; Turdus viscivorus. See THRUSH.Mis'sel-dīne, n. p. 846The mistletoe. [Obs.] Barret.Mis'sel-tōe, n. p. 846See MISTLETOE.Mis-sēm'blance, n. p. 846False resemblance. [Obs.]Mis-sĕnd′, v. t. p. 846To send amiss or incorrectly.Mis-sĕrve', v. t. p. 846To serve unfaithfully.Mis-sērve', v. i. p. 846To render ill service.Mis-sĕt', v. t. p. 846To set or place wrongly, or in a wrong position.Mis-shāpe', v. t. p. 846To shape ill; to give an ill form to; to deform. “And horribly misshapes with ugly sights.” Spenser. “A misshaped figure.” Pope. “Misshapen mountains.” Bentley.Mis-shāp'en-ly, adv. p. 846In a misshapen way.Mis-shāp'en-ness, n. p. 846The state of being misshapen, or badly shaped.Mis-shēathed’, a. p. 846Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed. Shak.Mis-sĭf'i-cāte, v. i. p. 846To perform mass. [Obs.] Milton.Mis'sile, a. p. 846Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling, or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.Mis'sile, n. p. 846A weapon thrown, or intended to be thrown, for doing execution, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.Mis-sĭng', v. t. p. 846To sing incorrectly. [Obs.]Miss'ing, a. p. 846Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for. For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, and missing long. Milton.Mis′sion, n. p. 846The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; commission; as, sent on a foreign mission. 2. That with which a…Mis'sion, v. t. p. 846To send on a mission; to commission; to send forth; to dispatch. When Madeline, St. Agnes' charmed maid, Rose, like a missioned spirit, unaware. Keats.Mis'/sion-a-ry, n. p. 846One who is sent upon a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion.Mis'sion-a-ry, a. p. 846Pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.Mis'sion-āte, v. i. p. 846To act as a missionary. [Rare.]Mis'sion-er, n. p. 846A missionary; an envoy. [Obs.] “Like mighty missioner you come.” Dryden.Mis-sit', v. t. p. 846To sit badly or imperfectly upon. [Obs.] Chaucer.Mis'sive, a. p. 846Intended to be sent; prepared for sending out; expedited; as, a letter missive. 2. Intended to be thrown, hurled, or ejected; missile. “The missive weapons fly.” Dryden.Mis'sive, n. p. 846That which is sent; a message; announcement or information dispatched by a messenger. 2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] “Did give my missive out of audience.” Shak.