Miscreant Mis"cre·ant adjective 1. Holding a false religious faith.

2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. Pope.

Miscreate Mis`cre·ate" adjective Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles. [ Obsolete or Poet.] Shak.

Miscreate Mis`cre·ate" transitive verb To create badly or amiss.

Miscreated Mis`cre·at"ed adjective Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. Spenser. Milton.

Miscreative Mis`cre·a"tive adjective Creating amiss. [ R.]

Miscredent Mis·cre"dent noun [ Prefix mis- + credent . Confer Miscreant .] A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [ Obsolete] Holinshed.

Miscredulity Mis`cre·du"li·ty noun Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. Bp. Hall.

Miscue Mis·cue" noun (Billiards) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

Misdate Mis·date" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misdated ; present participle & verbal noun Misdating .] To date erroneously. Young.

Misdeal Mis·deal" transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Misdealt ; present participle & verbal noun Misdealing .] To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a wrong distribution.

Misdeal Mis·deal" noun The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to the players.

Misdeed Mis·deed" noun [ Anglo-Saxon misdǣd . See Deed , noun ] An evil deed; a wicked action.

Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought.

Milton.

Syn. -- Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; trespass; transgression; crime.

Misdeem Mis·deem" transitive verb To misjudge. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Misdemean Mis`de·mean" transitive verb To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.

Misdemeanant Mis`de·mean"ant noun One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith.

Misdemeanor Mis`de·mean"or noun 1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. Shak.

2. (Law) A crime less than a felony. Wharton.

» As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses were misdemeanors. In common usage, the word crime is employed to denote the offenses of a deeper and more atrocious dye, while small faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of misdemeanors . Blackstone.

The distinction, however, between felonies and misdemeanors is purely arbitrary, and is in most jurisdictions either abrogated or so far reduced as to be without practical value. Confer Felony . Wharton.

Syn. -- Misdeed; misconduct; misbehavior; fault; trespass; transgression.

Misdempt Mis·dempt" obsolete past participle of Misdeem . Spenser.

Misdepart Mis`de·part" transitive verb To distribute wrongly. [ Obsolete]

He misdeparteth riches temporal.

Chaucer.

Misderive Mis`de·rive" transitive verb 1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

2. To derive erroneously.

Misdescribe Mis`de·scribe" transitive verb To describe wrongly.

Misdesert Mis`de·sert" noun Ill desert. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Misdevotion Mis`de·vo"tion noun Mistaken devotion.

Misdiet Mis·di"et noun Improper diet. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Misdiet Mis·di"et transitive verb To diet improperly.

Misdight Mis·dight" adjective Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably. [ Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Misdirect Mis`di·rect" transitive verb To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. Shenstone.

Misdirection Mis`di·rec"tion noun 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W.

Misdisposition Mis·dis`po·si"tion noun Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall.

Misdistinguish Mis`dis·tin"guish transitive verb To make wrong distinctions in or concerning. Hooker.

Misdivide Mis`di·vide" transitive verb To divide wrongly.

Misdivision Mis`di·vi"sion noun Wrong division.

Misdo Mis·do" (mĭs*dō") transitive verb [ imperfect Misdid ; past participle Misdone ; present participle & verbal noun Misdoing .] [ Anglo-Saxon misdōn . See Do , v. ]

1. To do wrongly.

Afford me place to show what recompense
Towards thee I intend for what I have misdone .

Milton.

2. To do wrong to; to illtreat. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Misdo Mis·do" intransitive verb To do wrong; to commit a fault.

I have misdone , and I endure the smart.

Dryden.

Misdoer Mis·do"er noun A wrongdoer. Spenser.

Misdoing Mis·do"ing noun A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing .

Misdoubt Mis·doubt" transitive verb & i. To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. [ Obsolete]

I do not misdoubt my wife.

Shak.

Misdoubt Mis·doubt" noun 1. Suspicion. [ Obsolete]

2. Irresolution; hesitation. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Misdoubtful Mis·doubt"ful a Misgiving; hesitating. [ Obsolete] "Her misdoubtful mind." Spenser.

Misdread Mis·dread" noun Dread of evil. [ Obsolete]

Mise Mise noun [ French mise a putting, setting, expense, from mis , mise , past participle of mettre to put, lay, from Late Latin mittere to send.]

1. (Law) The issue in a writ of right.

2. Expense; cost; disbursement. [ Obsolete]

3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. [ Obsolete]

Misease Mis·ease" noun [ Middle English mesaise , Old French mesaise .] Want of ease; discomfort; misery. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Miseased Mis·eased" adjective Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Miseasy Mis·eas"y adjective Not easy; painful. [ Obsolete]

Misedition Mis`e·di"tion noun An incorrect or spurious edition. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Miseducate Mis·ed"u·cate transitive verb To educate in a wrong manner.

Misemploy Mis`em·ploy" transitive verb To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.

Their frugal father's gains they misemploy .

Dryden.

Misemployment Mis`em·ploy"ment noun Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson.

Misenter Mis·en"ter transitive verb To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.

Misentreat Mis`en·treat" transitive verb To treat wrongfully. [ Obsolete] Grafton.

Misentry Mis·en"try noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

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