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Mischiefful Mis"chief·ful adjective Mischievous. [ Obsolete] Foote.

Mischievous Mis"chie·vous (mĭs"che*vŭs) adjective Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak.

This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society.

South.

Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive.

-- Mis"chie*vous*ly , adverb -- Mis"chie*vous*ness , noun

Mischna Misch"na noun See Mishna .

Mischnic Misch"nic adjective See Mishnic .

Mischoose Mis·choose" transitive verb [ imperfect Mischose ; past participle Mischosen ; present participle & verbal noun Mischoosing .] To choose wrongly. Milton.

Mischoose Mis·choose" intransitive verb To make a wrong choice.

Mischristen Mis·chris"ten transitive verb To christen wrongly.

Miscibility Mis`ci·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French miscibilité .] Capability of being mixed.

Miscible Mis"ci·ble adjective [ Confer French miscible , from Latin miscere to mix.] Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions. Burke.

Miscitation Mis`ci·ta"tion noun Erroneous citation.

Miscite Mis·cite" transitive verb To cite erroneously.

Misclaim Mis·claim" noun A mistaken claim.

Miscognizant Mis·cog"ni·zant adjective (Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.

Miscognize Mis·cog"nize transitive verb To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Miscollocation Mis·col`lo·ca"tion noun Wrong collocation. De Quincey.

Miscolor Mis·col"or transitive verb To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley.

Miscomfort Mis·com"fort noun Discomfort. [ Obsolete]

Miscomprehend Mis·com`pre·hend" transitive verb To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.

Miscomputation Mis·com`pu·ta"tion noun Erroneous computation; false reckoning.

Miscompute Mis`com·pute" transitive verb [ Confer Miscount .] To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.

Misconceit Mis`con·ceit" noun Misconception. [ Obsolete]

Misconceive Mis`con·ceive" transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Misconceived ; present participle & verbal noun Misconceiving .] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived .

Hooker.

Syn. -- To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.

Misconceiver Mis`con·ceiv"er noun One who misconceives.

Misconception Mis`con·cep"tion noun Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. Harvey.

Misconclusion Mis`con·clu"sion noun An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.

Misconduct Mis·con"duct noun Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.

Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.

Misconduct Mis`con·duct" transitive verb To conduct amiss; to mismanage. Johnson.

To misconduct one's self , to behave improperly.

Misconduct Mis`con·duct" intransitive verb To behave amiss.

Misconfident Mis·con"fi·dent adjective Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Misconjecture Mis`con·jec"ture noun A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T. Browne.

Misconjecture Mis`con·jec"ture transitive verb & i. To conjecture wrongly.

Misconsecrate Mis·con"se·crate transitive verb To consecrate amiss. " Misconsecrated flags." Bp. Hall.

Misconsecration Mis·con`se·cra"tion noun Wrong consecration.

Misconsequence Mis·con"se·quence noun A wrong consequence; a false deduction.

Misconstruable Mis·con"stru·a·ble adjective Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. R. North.

Misconstruct Mis`con·struct" transitive verb To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.

Misconstruction Mis`con·struc"tion noun Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Misconstrue Mis·con"strue transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misconstrued ; present participle & verbal noun Misconstruing .] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.

Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent.

Dryden.

Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued .

Addison.

Misconstruer Mis·con"stru·er noun One who misconstrues.

Miscontent Mis`con·tent" adjective Discontent. [ Obsolete]

Miscontinuance Mis`con·tin"u·ance noun (Law) Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.

Miscopy Mis·copy" transitive verb To copy amiss.

Miscopy Mis·copy" noun A mistake in copying. North Am. Rev.

Miscorrect Mis`cor·rect" transitive verb To fail or err in attempting to correct. "Scaliger miscorrects his author." Dryden.

Miscounsel Mis·coun"sel transitive verb To counsel or advise wrongly.

Miscount Mis·count" transitive verb & i. [ Confer Old French mesconter , French mécompter . Confer Miscompute .] To count erroneously.

Miscount Mis·count" noun [ Confer French mécompte error, Old French mesconte .] An erroneous counting.

Miscovet Mis·cov"et transitive verb To covet wrongfully. [ Obsolete]

Miscreance, Miscreancy Mis"cre·ance, Mis"cre·an·cy noun [ Old French mescreance , French mécréance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [ Obsolete] Ayliffe.

Miscreant Mis"cre·ant noun [ Old French mescreant , French mécréant ; prefix mes- (L. minus less) + present participle from Latin credere to believe. See Creed .]

1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [ Obsolete] Spenser. De Quincey.

Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants , but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.

Rivers.

2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a vile wretch. Addison.
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