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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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429 words match “WRONG”

MISLEAD v.
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.
MISLEARN v.
To learn wrongly.
MISMANAGEMENT n.
Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.
MISMARK v.
To mark wrongly.
MISMATE v.
To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.
MISMEASUREMENT n.
Wrong measurement.
MISMETER v.
To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse. [R.] Chaucer.
MISNAME v.
To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.
MISNOMER n.
legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary "reforms". Burke. The word "synonym" is fact a misnomer. Whatel
MISNUMBER v.
To number wrongly.
MISNURTURE v.
To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture children. Bp. Hall.
MISOPINION n.
Wrong opinion. [Obs.]
MISORDINATION n.
Wrong ordination.
MISPAINT v.
To paint ill, or wrongly.
MISPASSION n.
Wrong passion or feeling. [Obs.]
MISPERSUASION n.
A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More.
MISPLACE v.
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
MISPOINT v.
To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
MISPOLICY n.
Wrong policy; impolicy.
MISPRACTICE n.
Wrong practice.
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