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The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined w…

t the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoc, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.

e who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day. Shak.

To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.

To treat wrongfully. [Obs.] Grafton.

An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly. Swift.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.

Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

One who misrepresents.

To send amiss or incorrectly.

earn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts.

The state or power of being multipresent. The multipresence of Christ's body. Bp. Hall.

Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once.

An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.

Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.

Not essential.