Misrepresent Misˇrep`reˇsent" intransitive verb To make an incorrect or untrue representation. Milton.
Misrepresentation Misˇrep`reˇsenˇta"tion noun Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. » In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth.
Misrepresentative Misˇrep`reˇsent"aˇtive adjective Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.
Misrepresenter Misˇrep`reˇsent"er noun One who misrepresents.
Misrepute Mis`reˇpute" transitive verb To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.
Misrule Misˇrule" transitive verb & i. To rule badly; to misgovern.
Misrule Misˇrule" noun 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.
Pope. Abbot of Misrule ,
or Lord of Misrule .
See under Abbot , and Lord .
Misruly Misˇrul"y adjective Unruly. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Miss Miss (mĭs)
noun ;
plural Misses (-sĕz). [ Contr. from
mistress .]
1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress , 5. » There is diversity of usage in the application of this title to two or more persons of the same name. We may write either
the Miss Browns or
the Misses Brown .
2. A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen. Gay vanity, with smiles and kisses,
Was busy 'mongst the maids and misses.
Cawthorn. 3. A kept mistress. See Mistress , 4. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn. 4. (Card Playing) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
Miss Miss transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Missed (mĭst);
present participle & verbal noun Missing .] [ Anglo-Saxon
missan ; akin to D. & German
missen , Old High German
missan , Icelandic
missa , Swedish
mista , Danish
miste . √100. See
Mis- , prefix ]
1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said. When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
Locke. 2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons. She would never miss , one day,
A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
Prior. We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
Fetch in our wood.
Shak. 3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want. Shak. Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.
1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21. What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss .
Milton. To miss stays .
(Nautical) See under Stay .
Miss Miss intransitive verb 1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction. Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss .
Bacon. Flying bullets now,
To execute his rage, appear too slow;
They miss , or sweep but common souls away.
Waller. 2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of . Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.
Atterbury. 3. To go wrong; to err. [ Obsolete]
Amongst the angels, a whole legion
Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss;
What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss ?
Spenser. 4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [ Obsolete] See
Missing ,
adjective What here shall miss , our toil shall strive to mend.
Shak.
Miss Miss noun 1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc. 2. Loss; want; felt absence. [ Obsolete]
There will be no great miss of those which are lost.
Locke. 3. Mistake; error; fault. Shak. He did without any great miss in the hardest points of grammar.
Ascham. 4. Harm from mistake. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Missa Mis"sa noun ;
plural Missć . [ Late Latin See 1st
Mass .]
(R.C.Ch.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
Missal Mis"sal noun [ Late Latin
missale , liber
missalis , from
missa mass: confer French
missel . See 1st
Mass .]
The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book.
Missal Mis"sal adjective Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. Bp. Hall.
Missay Misˇsay" transitive verb 1. To say wrongly. 2. To speak evil of; to slander. [ Obsolete]
Missay Misˇsay" intransitive verb To speak ill. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Misseek Misˇseek" transitive verb To seek for wrongly. [ Obsolete]
Misseem Misˇseem" intransitive verb 1. To make a false appearance. [ Obsolete]
2. To misbecome; to be misbecoming. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Missel Mis"sel noun Mistletoe. [ Obsolete]
Missel bird ,
Missel thrush (Zoology) ,
a large European thrush ( Turdus viscivorus ) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel .
Misseldine Mis"selˇdine noun [ See
Mistletoe .] [ Written also
misselden .]
The mistletoe. [ Obsolete]
Baret.
Misseltoe Mis"selˇtoe noun See Mistletoe .
Missemblance Misˇsem"blance noun False resemblance or semblance. [ Obsolete]
Missend Misˇsend" transitive verb To send amiss or incorrectly.
Misserve Misˇserve" transitive verb & i. To serve unfaithfully.
Misset Misˇset" (mĭs*sĕt")
transitive verb To set or place wrongly.
Misshape Misˇshape" transitive verb To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform. "Figures monstrous and
misshaped ."
Pope.
Misshapen Misˇshap"en adjective Having a bad or ugly form. "The mountains are
misshapen ."
Bentley. --
Mis*shap"en*ly ,
adverb --
Mis*shap"en*ness ,
noun
Missheathed Misˇsheathed" adjective Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place. Shak.
Missificate Misˇsif"iˇcate intransitive verb [ Late Latin
missa Mass +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See
fy- .]
To perform Mass. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Missile Mis"sile adjective [ Latin
missils , from
mittere ,
missum , to cause to go, to send, to throw; confer Lithuanian
mesti to throw: confer French
missile . Confer
Admit ,
Dismiss ,
Mass the religious service,
Message ,
Mission .]
Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or engine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart.
Pope.
Missile Mis"sile noun [ Latin
missile .]
A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
Missing Miss"ing adjective [ From
Miss ,
intransitive verb ]
Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for. Neither was there aught missing unto them.
1 Sam. xxv. 7. For a time caught up to God, as once
Moses was in the mount, and missing long.
Milton.
Missingly Miss"ingˇly adverb With a sense of loss. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Mission Mis"sion noun [ Latin
missio , from
mittere ,
missum , to send: confer French
mission . See
Missile .]
1. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission. Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late,
Made emulous missions 'mongst the gods themselves.
Shak. 2. That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission. How to begin, how to accomplish best
His end of being on earth, and mission high.
Milton. 3. Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
Bacon. 4. An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries. 5. An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches. 6. A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers. Addis & Arnold. 7. Dismission; discharge from service. [ Obsolete]
Mission school .
(a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries .
(b) A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges. Syn. -- Message; errand; commission; deputation.
Mission Mis"sion transitive verb To send on a mission. [ Mostly used in the form of the past participle.]
Keats.
Missionary Mis"sionˇary noun ;
plural Missionaries . [ Confer French
missionnaire . See
Mission ,
n .]
One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift. Missionary apostolic ,
a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.
Missionary Mis"sionˇaˇry adjective Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.
Missioner Mis"sionˇer noun A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission , noun , 6. "Like mighty
missioner you come."
Dryden.
Missis Mis"sis noun A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.
Missish Miss"ish adjective Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental. --
Miss"ish*ness ,
noun
Missit Misˇsit" transitive verb To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Missive Mis"sive adjective [ See
Missive ,
noun ]
1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive . Ayliffe. 2. Missile. "The
missive weapons fly."
Dryden. Letters missive ,
letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent , which are addressed to the public.
Missive Mis"sive noun [ French lettre
missive . See
Mission ,
noun ]
1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message. 2. One who is sent; a messenger. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Missound Misˇsound" transitive verb To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.
Misspeak Misˇspeak" intransitive verb To err in speaking.
Misspeak Misˇspeak" transitive verb To utter wrongly.
Misspeech Misˇspeech" noun Wrong speech. [ Obsolete]
Misspell Misˇspell" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Misspelled , or
Misspelt ;
present participle & verbal noun Misspelling .]
To spell incorrectly.
Misspelling Misˇspell"ing noun A wrong spelling.
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