MISHAPPEN — MISRECKON

MISHAPPEN — MISRECKON NWAD MISHAPPEN.1

MISHAPPEN, v.i. To happen ill. NWAD MISHAPPEN.1

MISHEAR, v.t. To mistake in hearing. NWAD MISHEAR.1

MISHNA, n. A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture. NWAD MISHNA.1

MISHNIC, a. Pertaining or relating to the Mishna. NWAD MISHNIC.1

MISIMPROVE, v.t. misimproov’. To improve to a bad purpose; to abuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages. NWAD MISIMPROVE.1

MISIMPROVED, pp. Used to a bad purpose. NWAD MISIMPROVED.1

MISIMPROVEMENT, n. misimproov’ment. Ill use or employment; improvement to a bad purpose. NWAD MISIMPROVEMENT.1

MISINFER, v.t. To draw a wrong inference. NWAD MISINFER.1

MISINFORM, v.t. To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts. NWAD MISINFORM.1

MISINFORMATION, n. Wrong informations; false account or intelligence received. NWAD MISINFORMATION.1

MISINFORMED, pp. Wrongly informed. NWAD MISINFORMED.1

MISINFORMER, n. One that gives wrong information. NWAD MISINFORMER.1

MISINFORMING, ppr. Communicating erroneous information to. NWAD MISINFORMING.1

MISINSTRUCT, v.t. To instruct amiss. NWAD MISINSTRUCT.1

MISINSTRUCTION, n. Wrong instruction. NWAD MISINSTRUCTION.1

MISINTELLIGENCE, n. Wrong information; disagreement. NWAD MISINTELLIGENCE.1

MISINTERPRET, v.t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. NWAD MISINTERPRET.1

MISINTERPRETATION, n. The act of interpreting erroneously. NWAD MISINTERPRETATION.1

MISINTERPRETED, a. Erroneously understood or explained. NWAD MISINTERPRETED.1

MISINTERPRETER, n. One who interprets erroneously. NWAD MISINTERPRETER.1

MISINTERPRETING, ppr. Erroneously interpreting. NWAD MISINTERPRETING.1

MISJOIN, v.t. To join unfitly or improperly. NWAD MISJOIN.1

MISJOINED, pp. Improperly united. NWAD MISJOINED.1

MISJOINING, ppr. Joining unfitly or improperly. NWAD MISJOINING.1

MISJUDGE, v.t. misjudg’. To mistake in judging of; to judge erroneously. NWAD MISJUDGE.1

MISJUDGE, v.i. misjudg’. To err in judgment; to form false opinions or notions. NWAD MISJUDGE.2

MISJUDGED, pp. Judged erroneously. NWAD MISJUDGED.1

MISJUDGING, ppr. Judging erroneously of; forming a wrong opinion or inference. NWAD MISJUDGING.1

MISJUDGMENT, n. A wrong or unjust determination. NWAD MISJUDGMENT.1

MISKIN, n. A little bagpipe. NWAD MISKIN.1

MISKINDLE, v.t. To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose. NWAD MISKINDLE.1

MISLAID, pp. Laid in a wrong place, or place not recollected; lost. NWAD MISLAID.1

MISLAY, v.t. To lay in a wrong place. NWAD MISLAY.1

The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. NWAD MISLAY.2

1. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose. NWAD MISLAY.3

If the butler be the tell-tale, mislay a spoon so as he may never find it. NWAD MISLAY.4

MISLAYER, n. One that lays in a wrong place; one that loses. NWAD MISLAYER.1

MISLAYING, ppr. Laying in a wrong place, or place not remembered; losing. NWAD MISLAYING.1

MISLE, v.i. mis’l. [from mist, and properly mistle.] NWAD MISLE.1

To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist. NWAD MISLE.2

MISLEAD, v.t. pret. and pp. misled. [See Lead.] NWAD MISLEAD.1

To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. NWAD MISLEAD.2

Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you, NWAD MISLEAD.3

But of the two, less dangerous is th’ offense, NWAD MISLEAD.4

To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. NWAD MISLEAD.5

MISLEADER, n. One who leads into error. NWAD MISLEADER.1

MISLEADING, ppr. Leading into error; causing to err; deceiving. NWAD MISLEADING.1

MISLED, pp. of mislead. Let into error; led a wrong way. NWAD MISLED.1

--To give due light NWAD MISLED.2

To the misled and lonely traveller. NWAD MISLED.3

MISLIKE, v.t. To dislike; to disapprove; to have aversion to; as, to mislike a man or an opinion. NWAD MISLIKE.1

[For this word, dislike is generally used.] NWAD MISLIKE.2

MISLIKE, n. Dislike; disapprobation; aversion. NWAD MISLIKE.3

MISLIKED, pp. Disliked; disapproved. NWAD MISLIKED.1

MISLIKER, n. One that dislikes. NWAD MISLIKER.1

MISLIKING, ppr. Disliking; disapproving. NWAD MISLIKING.1

MISLIN, [See Meslin.] NWAD MISLIN.1

MISLIVE, v.i. misliv’. To live amiss. [Not used.] NWAD MISLIVE.1

MISLUCK, n. Ill luck; misfortune. NWAD MISLUCK.1

MISLY, a. [See Misle and Mist.] Raining in very small drops. NWAD MISLY.1

MISMANAGE, v.t. To manage ill; to administer improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs. NWAD MISMANAGE.1

MISMANAGE, v.i. To behave ill; to conduct amiss. NWAD MISMANAGE.2

MISMANAGED, pp. Ill managed or conducted. NWAD MISMANAGED.1

MISMANAGMENT, n. Ill or improper management; ill conduct; as the mismanagement of public or private affairs. NWAD MISMANAGMENT.1

MISMANAGER, n. One that manages ill. NWAD MISMANAGER.1

MISMANAGING, ppr. Managing ill. NWAD MISMANAGING.1

MISMARK, v.t. To mark with the wrong token; to mark erroneously. NWAD MISMARK.1

MISMARKED, pp. Wrongly marked. NWAD MISMARKED.1

MISMARKING, ppr. Marking erroneously. NWAD MISMARKING.1

MISMATCH, v.t. To match unsuitably. NWAD MISMATCH.1

MISMATCHED, pp. Unsuitably matched; ill joined. NWAD MISMATCHED.1

MISMATCHING, ppr. Matching in an unsuitable manner. NWAD MISMATCHING.1

MISNAME, v.t. To call by the wrong name. NWAD MISNAME.1

MISNAMED, pp. Called by a wrong name. NWAD MISNAMED.1

MISNAMING, ppr. Calling by a wrong name. NWAD MISNAMING.1

MISNOMER, n. In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as written by Blackstone, must be a corrupt orthography. In no dialect has name, L. nomen, been written with s, unless by mistake.] NWAD MISNOMER.1

MISOBEDIENCE, n. Erroneous obedience or disobedience. [Not used.] NWAD MISOBEDIENCE.1

MISOBSERVE, v.t. misobzerv’. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. NWAD MISOBSERVE.1

MISOGAMIST, n. [Gr. to hate, and marriage.] A hater of marriage. NWAD MISOGAMIST.1

MISOGYNIST, n. [Gr. to hate, and woman.] A woman hater. [Unusual.] NWAD MISOGYNIST.1

MISOGYNY, n. [supra.] Hatred of the female sex. NWAD MISOGYNY.1

MISOPINION, n. Erroneous opinion. NWAD MISOPINION.1

MISORDER, v.t. To order ill; to manage erroneously. NWAD MISORDER.1

1. To manage ill; to conduct badly. NWAD MISORDER.2

MISORDER, n. Irregularity; disorderly proceedings. [We now use disorder.] NWAD MISORDER.3

MISORDERLY, a. Irregular; disorderly. NWAD MISORDERLY.1

MISPELL, MISPEND, etc. [See Mis-spell, Mis-spend.] NWAD MISPELL.1

MISPERSUADE, v.t. To persuade amiss, or to lead to a wrong notion. NWAD MISPERSUADE.1

MISPERSUASION, n. A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. NWAD MISPERSUASION.1

MISPIKEL, n. Arsenical pyrite; an ore of arsenic, containing this metal in combination with iron, sometimes found in cubic crystals, but more often without any regular form. NWAD MISPIKEL.1

MISPLACE, v.t. To put in a wrong place; as, the book is misplaced. NWAD MISPLACE.1

1. To place on an improper object; as, he misplaced his confidence. NWAD MISPLACE.2

MISPLACED, pp. Put in a wrong place, or on an improper object. NWAD MISPLACED.1

MISPLACING, ppr. Putting in a wrong place, or on a wrong object. NWAD MISPLACING.1

MISPLEAD, v.i. To err in pleading. NWAD MISPLEAD.1

MISPLEADING, ppr. Making a mistake in pleading. NWAD MISPLEADING.1

MISPLEADING, n. A mistake in pleading. NWAD MISPLEADING.2

MISPOINT, v.t. To point improperly; to err in punctuation. NWAD MISPOINT.1

MISPRINT, v.t. To mistake in printing; to print wrong. NWAD MISPRINT.1

MISPRINT, n. A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy. NWAD MISPRINT.2

MISPRINTED, pp. Erroneously printed. NWAD MISPRINTED.1

MISPRINTING, ppr. Printing wrong. NWAD MISPRINTING.1

MISPRISE, MISPRIZE, v.t. NWAD MISPRISE.1

1. To mistake. NWAD MISPRISE.2

2. To slight or undervalue. NWAD MISPRISE.3

O for those vanish’d hours, so much mispris’d. NWAD MISPRISE.4

MISPRISION, n. misprizh’un. [supra.] Neglect; contempt. NWAD MISPRISION.1

1. In law, any high offense under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon. Misprision is contained in every treason and felony. Misprisions are divided into negative and positive; negative, which consist in the concealment of something which ought to be revealed; and positive, which consist in the commission of something which ought not to be done. Misprision of treason, consists in a bare knowledge and concealment of treason, without assenting to it. NWAD MISPRISION.2

Maladministration in offices of high public trust, is a positive misprision. NWAD MISPRISION.3

1. Mistake; oversight; contempt. [Not in use.] NWAD MISPRISION.4

MISPROCEEDING, n. Wrong or irregular proceeding. NWAD MISPROCEEDING.1

MISPROFESS, v.t. To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed. NWAD MISPROFESS.1

MISPRONOUNCE, v.t. mispronouns’. To pronounce erroneously; as, to mispronounce a word, a name, etc. NWAD MISPRONOUNCE.1

MISPRONOUNCE, v.i. mispronouns’. To speak incorrectly. NWAD MISPRONOUNCE.2

MISPRONUNCIATION, n. A wrong or improper pronunciation. NWAD MISPRONUNCIATION.1

MISPROPORTION, v.t. To err in proportioning one thing to another; to join without due proportion. NWAD MISPROPORTION.1

MISPROUD, v. Vitiously proud. [Not used.] NWAD MISPROUD.1

MISQUOTATION, n. An erroneous quotation; the act of quoting wrong. NWAD MISQUOTATION.1