Mispersuade Mis`per·suade" transitive verb To persuade amiss.

Mispersuasion Mis`per·sua"sion noun A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More.

Mispickel Mis·pick"el noun [ G.] (Min.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

Misplace Mis·place" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misplaced ; present participle & verbal noun Misplacing .] To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.

Misplacement Mis·place"ment noun The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.

Misplead Mis·plead" intransitive verb To err in pleading.

Mispleading Mis·plead"ing noun (Law) An error in pleading.

Mispoint Mis·point" transitive verb To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.

Mispolicy Mis·pol"i·cy noun Wrong policy; impolicy.

Mispractice Mis·prac"tice noun Wrong practice.

Mispraise Mis·praise" transitive verb To praise amiss.

Misprint Mis·print" transitive verb To print wrong.

Misprint Mis·print" noun A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints .

Misprise Mis·prise" transitive verb See Misprize . [ Obsolete] Shak.

Misprise Mis·prise" transitive verb [ Old French mesprise mistake, French méprise , from mespris , masc., mesprise , fem., past participle of mesprendre to mistake; French méprendre ; prefix mes- amiss + prendre to take, Latin prehendere .] To mistake. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Misprision Mis·pri"sion noun [ Late Latin misprisio , or Old French mesprison , prop., a mistaking, but confused with Old French mespris contempt, French mépris . See 2d Misprise , Misprize , Prison .]

1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [ Archaic] Fuller.

The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion.

Hare.

2. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt. [ Obsolete] Shak.

3. (Law) A neglect, negligence, or contempt.

» In its larger and older sense it was used to signify "every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it in the law." Russell.

In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: - -
1. Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen. 2. Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen.

Misprize Mis·prize" (mĭs*prīz") transitive verb [ Old French mesprisier to deprise, French mépriser ; prefix amiss, wrong (L. minus less + Late Latin 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 noun Wrong or irregular proceding.

Misprofess Mis`pro·fess" intransitive verb To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

Misprofess Mis`pro·fess" transitive verb To make a false profession of.

Mispronounce Mis`pro·nounce" transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Mispronounced ; present participle & verbal noun Mispronouncing .] To pronounce incorrectly.

Mispronunciation Mis`pro·nun`ci·a"tion noun Wrong or improper pronunciation.

Misproportion Mis`pro·por"tion transitive verb To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

Misproud Mis·proud" adjective Viciously proud. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Mispunctuate Mis·punc"tu·ate transitive verb To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.

Misquotation Mis`quo·ta"tion noun Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

Misquote Mis·quote" transitive verb & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly. Shak.

Misraise Mis·raise" transitive verb To raise or excite unreasonable. " Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.

Misrate Mis·rate" transitive verb To rate erroneously.

Misread Mis·read" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Misread ; present participle & verbal noun Misreading .] To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.

Misreceive Mis`re·ceive" transitive verb To receive wrongly.

Misrecital Mis`re·cit"al noun An inaccurate recital.

Misrecite Mis`re·cite" transitive verb & i. To recite erroneously.

Misreckon Mis·reck"on transitive verb & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift.

Misreckoning Mis·reck"on·ing noun An erroneous computation.

Misrecollect Mis·rec`ol·lect" transitive verb & i. To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. Hitchcock.

Misrecollection Mis·rec`ol·lec"tion noun Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.

Misreform Mis`re·form" transitive verb To reform wrongly or imperfectly.

Misregard Mis`re·gard" noun Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Misregulate Mis·reg"u·late transitive verb To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

Misrehearse Mis`re·hearse" transitive verb To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.

Misrelate Mis`re·late" transitive verb To relate inaccurately.

Misrelation Mis`re·la"tion noun Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.

Misreligion Mis`re·li"gion noun False religion. [ R.]

Misremember Mis`re·mem"ber transitive verb & i. To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More.

Misrender Mis·ren"der transitive verb To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

Misrepeat Mis`re·peat" transitive verb To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.

Misreport Mis`re·port" transitive verb & i. To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.

Misreport Mis`re·port" noun An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.

Misrepresent Mis·rep`re·sent" transitive verb To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly. Swift.

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