Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Misprize

Mis*prize" (?), v. t. [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. mépriser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less + LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.] To slight or undervalue.

O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse.

I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Mrs. Browning.

Misproceeding

Mis`pro*ceed"ing (?), n. Wrong or irregular proceding.

Misprofess

Mis`pro*fess" (?), v. i.To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

Misprofess

Mis`pro*fess", v. t. To make a false profession of.

Mispronounce

Mis`pro*nounce" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Mispronounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mispronouncing (?).] To pronounce incorrectly.

Mispronunciation

Mis`pro*nun`ci*a"tion (? ∨ ?), n. Wrong or improper pronunciation.

Misproportion

Mis`pro*por"tion (?), v. t. To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

Misproud

Mis*proud", a. Viciously proud. [Obs.] Shak.

Mispunctuate

Mis*punc"tu*ate (?; 135), v. t. To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.

Misquotation

Mis`quo*ta"tion (?), n. Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

Misquote

Mis*quote" (?), v. t. & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly. Shak.

Misraise

Mis*raise" (?), v. t. To raise or exite unreasonable. Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.

Misrate

Mis*rate" (?), v. t. To rate erroneously.

Misread

Mis*read" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misread (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Misreading (?).] To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.

Misreceive

Mis`re*ceive" (?), v. t. To receive wrongly.

Misrecital

Mis`re*cit"al (?), n. An inaccurate recital.

Misrecite

Mis`re*cite" (?), v. t. & i. To recite erroneously.

Misreckon

Mis*reck"on (?), v. t. & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift.

Misreckoning

Mis*reck"on*ing, n. An erroneous computation.

Misrecollect

Mis*rec`ol*lect" (?), v. t. & i. To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. Hitchcock.

Misrecollection

Mis*rec`ol*lec"tion (?), n. Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.

Misreform

Mis`re*form" (?), v. t. To reform wrongly or imperfectly.

Misregard

Mis`re*gard" (?), n. Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misregulate

Mis*reg"u*late (?), v. t. To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

Misrehearse

Mis`re*hearse" (?), v. t. To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.

Misrelate

Mis`re*late" (?), v. t. To relate inaccurately.

Misrelation

Mis`re*la"tion (?), n. Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.

Misreligion

Mis`re*li"gion (?), n. False religion. [R.]

Misremember

Mis`re*mem"ber (?), v. t. & i. To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More.

Misrender

Mis*ren"der (?), v. t. To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

Misrepeat

Mis`re*peat" (?), v. t. To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.

Misreport

Mis`re*port" (?), v. t. & i. To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.

Misreport

Mis`re*port", n. An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.

Misrepresent

Mis*rep`re*sent" (?), v. t. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly. Swift.

Misrepresent

Mis*rep`re*sent", v. i. To make an incorrect or untrue representation. Milton.

Misrepresentation

Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion (?), n. Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. &hand; In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth.

Misrepresentative

Mis*rep`re*sent"a*tive (?), a. Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

Misrepresenter

Mis*rep`re*sent"er (?), n. One who misrepresents.

Misrepute

Mis`re*pute" (?), v. t. To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.

Misrule

Mis*rule" (?), v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern.

Misrule

Mis*rule", n.

1. The act, or the result, of misruling.

2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.

Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope.

Abbot, ∨ Lord, of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.

Misruly

Mis*rul"y (?), a. Unruly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Miss

Miss (?), n.; pl. Misses (#). [Contr. fr. mistress.]

1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5. &hand; There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or more persons of the same name. We may write either the Miss Browns or the Misses Brown.

2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses, Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses. Cawthorn.

3. A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4. [Obs.] Evelyn.

4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

Miss

Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. √100. See Mis-, pref.]

1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.

When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. Locke.

2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.

She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay. Prior.

We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. Shak.

3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want. Shak.

Neither missed we anything ... Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. 1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21.

What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. Milton.

To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay.

Miss

Miss (?), v. i.

1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss. Bacon.

Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away. Waller.

2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.

Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them. Atterbury.

3. To go wrong; to err. [Obs.]

Amongst the angels, a whole legion Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss? Spenser.

4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [Obs.] See Missing, a.

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Shak.

Miss

Miss, n.

1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

2. Loss; want; felt absence. [Obs.]

There will be no great miss of those which are lost. Locke.

3. Mistake; error; fault. Shak.

He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar. Ascham.

4. Harm from mistake. [Obs.] Spenser.

Missa

Mis"sa (?), n.; pl. Missæ (#). [LL. See 1st Mass.] (R.C.Ch.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.

Missal

Mis"sal (?), n. [LL. missale, liber missalis, from missa mass: cf. F. missel. See 1st Mass.] The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book.

Missal

Mis"sal, a. Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. Bp. Hall.

Missay

Mis*say" (?), v. t.

1. To say wrongly.

2. To speak evil of; to slander. [Obs.]

Missay

Mis*say", v. i. To speak ill. [Obs.] Spenser.

Misseek

Mis*seek" (?), v. t. To seek for wrongly. [Obs.]

Misseem

Mis*seem" (?), v. i.

1. To make a false appearance. [Obs.]

2. To misbecome; to be misbecoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

Missel

Mis"sel (?), n. Mistletoe. [Obs.] Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zoöl.), a large European thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
Misseldine
Mis"sel*dine (?), n. [See Mistletoe.] [Written also misselden.] The mistletoe. [Obs.] Baret.
Misseltoe
Mis"sel*toe (?), n. See Mistletoe.
Missemblance
Mis*sem"blance (?), n. False resemblance or semblance. [Obs.]
Missend
Mis*send" (?), v. t. To send amiss or incorrectly.
Misserve
Mis*serve" (?), v. t. & i. To serve unfaithfully.
Misset
Mis*set" (?), v. t. To set pr place wrongly.
Misshape
Mis*shape" (?), v. t. To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform. Figures monstrous and misshaped." Pope.

Misshapen

Mis*shap"en (?), a. Having a bad or ugly form. The mountains are misshapen." Bentley. -- Mis*shap"en*ly, adv. -- Mis*shap"en*ness, n.

Missheathed

Mis*sheathed" (?), a. Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place. Shak.

Missificate

Mis*sif"i*cate (?), v. i. [LL. missa Mass + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-.] To perform Mass. [Obs.] Milton.

Missile

Mis"sile (?), a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, Message, Mission.] Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance.

We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope.

Missile

Mis"sile, n. [L. missile.] A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

Missing

Miss"ing (?), a. [From Miss, v. i.] Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.

Neither was there aught missing unto them. 1 Sam. xxv. 7.

For a time caught up to God, as once Moses was in the mount, and missing long. Milton.

Missingly

Miss"ing*ly, adv. With a sense of loss. [Obs.] Shak.

Mission

Mis"sion (?), n. [L. missio, fr. mittere, missum, to send: cf. F. mission. See Missile.]

1. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late, Made emulous missions' mongst the gods themselves. Shak.

2. That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.

How to begin, how to accomplish best His end of being on earth, and mission high. Milton.

3. Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.

In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house. Bacon.

4. An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries.

5. An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.

6. A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers. Addis & Arnold.

7. Dismission; discharge from service. [Obs.] Mission school. (a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries. (b) A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges. Syn. -- Message; errand; commission; deputation.

Mission

Mis"sion (?), v. t. To send on a mission. [Mostly used in the form of the past participle.] Keats.

Missionary

Mis"sion*ary (?), n.; pl. Missionaries (#). [Cf. F. missionnaire. See Mission, n.] One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift. Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.

Missionary

Mis"sion*a*ry, a. Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.

Missioner

Mis"sion*er (?), n. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6. Like mighty missioner you come." Dryden.

Missis

Mis"sis (?), n. A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.

Missish

Miss"ish, a. Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental. -- Miss"ish*ness, n.

Missit

Mis*sit" (?), v. t. To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Missive

Mis"sive (?), a. [See Missive, n.]

1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.

2. Missile. The missive weapons fly." Dryden. Letters missive, letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent, which are addressed to the public.

Missive

Mis"sive, n. [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.]
1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.
2. One who is sent; a messenger. [Obs.] Shak.
Missound
Mis*sound" (?), v. t. To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.

Misspeak

Mis*speak" (?), v. i. To err in speaking.

Misspeak

Mis*speak", v. t. To utter wrongly.

Misspeech

Mis*speech" (?), n. Wrong speech. [Obs.]

Misspell

Mis*spell" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspelled (?), or Misspelt (); p. pr. & vb. n. Misspelling.] To spell incorrectly.

Misspelling

Mis*spell"ing, n. A wrong spelling.

Misspend

Mis*spend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Misspending.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.

Misspender

Mis*spend"er (?), n. One who misspends.

misspense

mis*spense" (?), n. A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow.

Misspent

Mis*spent" (?), imp. & p. p. of Misspend.

Misstate

Mis*state" (?), v. t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.

Misstatement

Mis*state"ment (?), n. An incorrect statement.

Misstayed

Mis*stayed" (?), a. (Naut.) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.

Misstep

Mis*step", n. A wrong step; an error of conduct.

Misstep

Mis*step", v. i. To take a wrong step; to go astray.

Missuccess

Mis`suc*cess" (?), n. Failure. [Obs.]

Missuggestion

Mis`sug*ges"tion (? ∨ ?), n. Wrong or evil suggestion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Missummation

Mis`sum*ma"tion, n. Wrong summation.

Misswear

Mis*swear" (?), v. i. To swear falsely.

Missy

Mis"sy (?), n. (Min.) See Misy.

Missy

Mis"sy, n. An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss. -- a. Like a miss, or girl.

Mist

Mist (?), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma\'a1hstus, AS. mīgan to make water, Icel. mīga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. to make water, mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist mgha cloud. √102. Cf. Misle, Mizzle, Mixen.]

1. Visible 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; as, Scotch mist.

3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

His passion cast a mist before his sense. Dryden.

Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium cœlestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

Mist

Mist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misted; p. pr. & vb. n. Misting.] To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. Shak.

Mist

Mist, v. i.To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Mistakable

Mis*tak"a*ble (?), a. Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Sir T. Browne.

Mistake

Mis*take" (?), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook (?); p. p. Mistaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke.

My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak.

3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it. Johnson.

4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous. Shak.

Mistake

Mis*take", v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. Swift.