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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,135 words match “MIS”

MISLY a.
Raining in very small drops.
MISMAKE v. 2 definitions
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.
MISMANAGE v.
To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
MISMANAGEMENT n.
Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.
MISMANAGER n.
One who manages ill.
MISMARK v.
To mark wrongly.
MISMATCH v.
To match unsuitably.
MISMATE v.
To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.
MISMEASURE v.
To measure or estimate incorrectly.
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. 2 definitions
The misnaming of a person in a 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.
MISOBEDIENCE n.
Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [Obs.] Milton.
MISOBSERVE v.
To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
MISOBSERVER n.
One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
MISOGAMIST n.
A hater of marriage.
MISOGAMY n.
Hatre
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