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Misguess Mis·guess" transitive verb & i. To guess wrongly.

Misguidance Mis·guid"ance noun Wrong guidance.

Misguide Mis·guide" transitive verb To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.

Misguide Mis·guide" noun Misguidance; error. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Misguiding Mis·guid"ing adjective Misleading. -- Mis*guid"ing*ly , adverb

Misgye Mis·gye" transitive verb To misguide. [ Obsolete]

Mishandle Mis·han"dle transitive verb To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

Mishap Mis·hap" noun Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer.

Secure from worldly chances and mishaps .

Shak.

Mishap Mis·hap" intransitive verb To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. [ Obsolete] "If that me mishap ." Chaucer.

Mishappen Mis·hap"pen intransitive verb To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.

Mishappy Mis·hap"py adjective Unhappy. [ Obsolete]

Mishcup Mish·cup" noun [ See Scup .] (Zoology) The scup. [ Local, U. S.]

Mishear Mis·hear" transitive verb & i. To hear incorrectly.

Mishmash Mish"mash` noun [ Confer German mish- mash , from mischen to mix.] A hotchpotch. Sir T. Herbert.

Mishna Mish"na noun [ NHeb. mishnāh , i. e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), from Hebrew shānāh to change, to repeat.] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [ Written also Mischna .]

Mishnic Mish"nic adjective Of or pertaining to the Mishna.

Misimagination Mis`im·ag`i·na"tion noun Wrong imagination; delusion. Bp. Hall.

Misimprove Mis`im·prove" transitive verb To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. South.

Mis`im*prove"ment noun Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.

Misincline Mis"in·cline" transitive verb To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.

Misinfer Mis`in·fer" transitive verb To infer incorrectly.

Misinform Mis`in·form" transitive verb To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

Misinform Mis`in·form" intransitive verb To give untrue information; (with against ) to calumniate. [ R.] Bp. Montagu.

Misinformant Mis`in·form"ant noun A misinformer.

Misinformation Mis·in`for·ma"tion noun Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon.

Misinformer Mis`in·form"er noun One who gives untrue or incorrect information.

Misinstruct Mis`in·struct" transitive verb To instruct amiss.

Misinstruction Mis`in·struc"tion noun Wrong or improper instruction.

Misintelligence Mis`in·tel"li·gence noun 1. Wrong information; misinformation.

2. Disagreement; misunderstanding. [ Obsolete]

Misintend Mis`in·tend" transitive verb To aim amiss. [ Obsolete]

Misinterpret Mis`in·ter"pret transitive verb To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

Misinterpretable Mis`in·ter"pret·a·ble adjective Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.

Misinterpretation Mis`in·ter"pre·ta"tion noun The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

Misinterpreter Mis`in·ter"pret·er noun One who interprets erroneously.

Misjoin Mis·join" transitive verb To join unfitly or improperly.

Misjoinder Mis·join"der noun (Law) An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil. Wharton.

Misjudge Mis·judge" transitive verb & i. To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.

Misjudgment Mis·judg"ment noun [ Written also misjudgement .] A wrong or unjust judgment.

Miskeep Mis·keep" transitive verb To keep wrongly. Chaucer.

Misken Mis·ken" transitive verb Not to know. [ Obsolete]

Miskin Mis"kin noun [ Prob. for music + - kin .] (Mus.) A little bagpipe. [ Obsolete] Drayton.

Miskindle Mis·kin"dle transitive verb To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.

Misknow Mis·know" transitive verb To have a mistaken notion of or about. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Mislactation Mis`lac·ta"tion noun (Medicine) Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk.

Mislay Mis·lay" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mislaid ; present participle & verbal noun Mislaying .]

1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.

The fault is generally mislaid upon nature.

Locke.

2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.

The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid : and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead.

Hallam.

Mislayer Mis·lay"er noun One who mislays.

Misle Mi"sle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misled ; present participle & verbal noun Misling .] [ Prop. mistle , from mist . Confer Mistle , Mizzle .] To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle.

Misle Mi"sle noun A fine rain; a thick mist; mizzle.

Mislead Mis·lead" (mĭs*lēd") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misled (- lĕd"); present participle & verbal noun Misleading .] [ Anglo-Saxon mislǣdan . See Mis- , and Lead to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.

Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.

Bacon.

To give due light
To the mislead and lonely traveler.

Milton.

Syn. -- To delude; deceive. See Deceive .

Misleader Mis·lead"er noun One who leads into error.

Misleading Mis·lead"ing adjective Leading astray; delusive.

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