Misspend Mis·spend" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Misspent ;
present participle & verbal noun Misspending .]
To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to squander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
Misspender Mis·spend"er noun One who misspends.
Misspense Mis·spense" noun A spending improperly; a wasting. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Misspent Mis·spent" imperfect & past participle of Misspend .
Misstate Mis·state" transitive verb To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.
Misstatement Mis·state"ment noun An incorrect statement.
Misstayed Mis·stayed" adjective (Nautical) Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
Misstep Mis·step" noun A wrong step; an error of conduct.
Misstep Mis·step" intransitive verb To take a wrong step; to go astray.
Missuccess Mis`suc·cess" noun Failure. [ Obsolete]
Missuggestion Mis`sug·ges"tion noun Wrong or evil suggestion. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Missummation Mis`sum·ma"tion noun Wrong summation.
Misswear Mis·swear" intransitive verb To swear falsely.
Missy Mis"sy noun (Min.) See Misy .
Missy Mis"sy noun An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss ; a young girl; a miss. --
adjective Like a miss, or girl.
Mist Mist (mĭst)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
mist ; akin to D. & Swedish
mist , Icelandic
mistr , German
mist dung, Goth.
maíhstus , Anglo-Saxon
mīgan to make water, Icelandic
mīga , Lithuanian
migla mist, Russian
mgla , Latin
mingere ,
meiere , to make water, Greek ... to make water, ... mist, Sanskrit
mih to make water, noun , a mist
m»gha cloud. √102. Confer
Misle ,
Mizzle ,
Mixen .]
1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog. 2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist . 3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Dryden. Mist flower (Botany) ,
a composite plant ( Eupatorium cœlestinum ), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.
Mist Mist transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Misted ;
present participle & verbal noun Misting .]
To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. Shak.
Mist Mist intransitive verb To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists .
Mistakable Mis·tak"a·ble adjective Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Sir T. Browne.
Mistake Mis·take" (mĭs*tāk")
transitive verb [
imperfect & obsolete past participle Mistook (- tok");
past participle Mistaken (-tāk"'n);
present participle & verbal noun Mistaking .] [ Prefix
mis- +
take : confer Icelandic
mistaka .]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [ Obsolete or R.]
Shak. 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook .
Shak. 3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
Johnson. 4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. Mistake me not so much,
To think my poverty is treacherous.
Shak.
Mistake Mis·take" intransitive verb To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. Servants mistake , and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
Swift.
Mistake Mis·take" (mĭs*tāk")
noun 1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake .
Tillotson. 2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it. No mistake ,
surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake . [ Low]
Syn. -- Blunder; error; bull. See
Blunder .
Mistaken Mis·tak"en p. adjective 1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken . 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
Mistakenly Mis·tak"en·ly adverb By mistake. Goldsmith.
Mistakenness Mis·tak"en·ness noun Erroneousness.
Mistaker Mis·tak"er noun One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers .
Bp. Hall.
Mistaking Mis·tak"ing noun An error; a mistake. Shak.
Mistakingly Mis·tak"ing·ly adverb Erroneously.
Mistaught Mis·taught" (mĭs*tat")
adjective [ See
Misteach .]
Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. L'Estrange.
Misteach Mis·teach" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mistaught ;
present participle & verbal noun Misteaching .] [ Anglo-Saxon
mistǣcan .]
To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
Mistell Mis·tell" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mistold ;
present participle & verbal noun Mistelling .]
To tell erroneously.
Mistemper Mis·tem"per transitive verb To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head. Warner. This inundation of mistempered humor.
Shak.
Mister Mis"ter noun [ See
Master , and confer
Mistress .]
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr . To call your name, inquire your where,
Or what you think of Mister Some-one's book,
Or Mister Other's marriage or decease.
Mrs. Browning.
Mister Mis"ter transitive verb To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way. [ Colloq.]
Mister Mis"ter noun [ Old French
mistier trade, office, ministry, need, French
métier trade, from Latin
ministerium service, office, ministry. See
Ministry ,
Mystery trade.] [ Written also
mester .]
1. A trade, art, or occupation. [ Obsolete]
In youth he learned had a good mester .
Chaucer. 2. Manner; kind; sort. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. But telleth me what mester men ye be.
Chaucer. 3. Need; necessity. [ Obsolete]
Rom. of R.
Mister Mis"ter intransitive verb To be needful or of use. [ Obsolete]
As for my name, it mistereth not to tell.
Spenser.
Misterm Mis·term" transitive verb To call by a wrong name; to miscall.
Mistery Mis"ter·y noun See Mystery , a trade.
Mistful Mist"ful adjective Clouded with, or as with, mist.
Misthink Mis·think" intransitive verb [ See
Think .]
To think wrongly. [ Obsolete] "Adam
misthought of her."
Milton.
Misthink Mis·think" transitive verb To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Misthought Mis·thought" noun Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Misthrive Mis·thrive" intransitive verb To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous. [ Obsolete]
Misthrow Mis·throw" transitive verb To throw wrongly.
Mistic, Mistico Mis"tic, Mis"ti·co noun [ Spanish
místico .]
A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.
Mistide Mis·tide" intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
mistīdan . See
Tide .]
To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [ Obsolete]
Mistigris Mis`ti`gris" Mis`ti`gri" noun [ French mistigri .] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri .
Mistihead Mist"i·head noun Mistiness. [ Obsolete]
Mistily Mist"i·ly adverb With mist; darkly; obscurely.
Mistime Mis·time" transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
mistīmain to turn out ill.]
To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.