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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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47 words match “AMISS”

MISINSTRUCT v.
To instruct amiss.
MISINTEND v.
To aim amiss. [Obs.]
MISKINDLE v.
To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.
MISLIVE v.
To live amiss.
MISLODGE v.
To lodge amiss. [Obs.]
MISMAKE v. 2 definitions
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. "Limping possibilities of mismade human nature." Mrs. Browning.
MISPERSUADE v.
To persuade amiss.
MISPRAISE v.
To praise amiss.
MISREAD v.
To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
MISSEND v.
To send amiss or incorrectly.
MISSPEND v.
To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
MISTRAIN v.
To train amiss.
MISTREAT v.
To treat amiss; to abuse.
MISTURN v.
To turn amiss; to pervert.
MISTUTOR v.
To instruct amiss.
MISWEEN v.
To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.
MOSTWHAT adv.
For the most part. [Obs.] "All the rest do mostwhat far amiss." Spenser.
NOD n.
nal, or a command. A look or a nod only ought to correct them [the children] when they do amiss. Locke. Nations obey my word and wait my nod. Prior. The land of Nod, sleep.
PARA- n.
A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
SPARKLE n.
little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott.
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