Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Mis-sound’, v. t. p. 846To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. [Obs.] Hall.Mis-speak’, v. i. p. 846To err or mistake in speaking.Mis-spēak', v. t. p. 846To utter wrongly.Mis-speech', n. p. 846Wrong speech. [Obs.] Gower.Mis-spell', v. t. p. 846To spell wrong; to write or utter with wrong letters.Mis-spĕll'ing, n. p. 846A wrong spelling; false orthography.Mis-spēnd′, v. t. p. 846To spend amiss; to waste or consume to no purpose, or to a bad one; to squander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money; to misspend life. The genial moisture due To apples otherwise misspends…Mis-spĕnd'er, n. p. 846One who consumes prodigally or improperly.Mis-spense', n. p. 846A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] “A willful misspense of our time, labor, and good humor.” Barrow.Mis-stāte', v. t. p. 846To state wrongly; to make an erroneous representation of; to falsify; as, to mis-state a question in debate. Sanderson.Mis-stāte'ment, n. p. 846An incorrect statement; an erroneous representation, verbal or written; as, a misstatement of facts in testimony, or of accounts in a report.Mis-stāy'ed, a. p. 846(Naut.) Having missed stays;— said of a ship.Mis-stĕp’, n. p. 846A wrong or false step.Mis-stĕp′, v. i. p. 846To take a wrong step.Mis/suc-cess’, n. p. 846Ill success; want of success; failure. [Obs.] This is as some shifting alchemist that casts all the fault of his misuccess upon his glass or his furnace. Bp. Hall.Mis/sug-gĕs'tion, n. p. 846A wrong or ill suggestion; an evil intimation.Mĭs/sum-mā'tion, n. p. 846Wrong summation.Mis-swear', v. i. p. 846To swear falsely.Mis'sy, n. p. 846(Min.) See MISY.Mist, n. p. 846Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog. 2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; Scotch…Mĭst, v. t. p. 846To cloud; to cover with mist. Shak.Mist, v. i. p. 846To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.Mis-tāk'a-ble, a. p. 846Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Brown.Mis-tāke', v. t. p. 846To take away wrongly or improperly; to purloin. [Obs. or rare.] B. Jonson. 2. To take wrongly; to conceive or understand erroneously; to misunderstand, misapprehend, or misconceive. 'Tis to mistake…Mis-tāke', v. i. p. 846To err in opinion or judgment; to be guilty of a wrong conception, misunderstanding, or misapprehension; to commit an error. Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.…Mis-tāke', n. p. 846A taking or an apprehending wrongly. 2. A fault in opinion, judgment, or conduct; a misconception; an error. Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of…Mis-tāk'en, p. a. p. 846Guilty of a mistake; in error; not correct; as, a mistaken man. 2. Erroneous; incorrect; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.Mis-tāk'en-ly, adv. p. 846By mistake.Mis-tāk'er, n. p. 846One who mistakes or misunderstands.Mis-tāk'ing, n. p. 846An error; a mistake.Mis-tāk'ing-ly, adv. p. 846Erroneously; falsely.Mis-tēach', v. t. p. 846To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.Mis-tĕll′, v. t. p. 846To tell erroneously.Mis-tĕm'per, v. t. p. 846To temper ill; to disorder. “This inundation of mistempered humor.” Shak.Mis'ter, n. p. 846Sir; master; — a title or form of address to any adult male, nearly always written in the abbreviated form Mr. To call your name, inquire your where, Or what you think of Mister Some-one's book, Or…Mis'ter, n. p. 846A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. Need; necessity. [Obs.] Halliwell.Mis'ter, v. i. p. 846To be needful or of use; to signify. [Obs.] As for my name, it mistereth not to tell. Spencer.Mis-tĕrm’, v. t. p. 846To term or denominate erroneously.Mĭs'ter-y, n. p. 846Trade; calling; mystery. [Obs.] See MYSTERY, No. 4.Mist'-flow'er, n. p. 846(Bot.) A composite plant (Conoclinium cœlestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of blue flowers, found in the west and south. Gray.Mist'ful, a. p. 846Clouded with mist.Mis-think', v. i. p. 846To think wrongly. [Obs.] Adam misthought of her to thee so dear. Milton.Mis-thĭnk’, v. t. p. 846To have wrong thoughts of; to think ill of; to have a wrong or mistaken opinion of. [Obs.]Mis-thought', n. p. 846Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] “Through error and misthought.” Spencer.Mis-thrive', v. i. p. 846To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.Mis-thrōw', v. t. p. 846To throw wrongly.Mis'tie, n. p. 846A kind of sailing vessel.