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MISSION n. 8 definitions
; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission. Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late, Made emulous missions' mongst the gods themselves. Shak.
MISSIONARY n. 2 definitions
One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift. Missionary apostolic, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope.
MISSIONER n.
A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6. "Like mighty missioner you come." Dryden.
MISSIS n.
A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.
MISSISH a.
Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental. -- Miss"ish*ness, n.
MISSIT v.
To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MISSIVE a. 4 definitions
Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.
MISSOUND v.
To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.
MISSPEAK v. 2 definitions
To err in speaking.
MISSPEECH n.
Wrong speech. [Obs.]
MISSPELL v.
To spell incorrectly.
MISSPELLING n.
A wrong spelling.
MISSPEND v.
To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Philips.
MISSPENDER n.
One who misspends.
MISSPENSE n.
A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] Barrow.
MISSPENT p.
of Misspend.
MISSTATE v.
To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.
MISSTATEMENT n.
An incorrect statement.
MISSTAYED a.
Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
MISSTEP n. 2 definitions
A wrong step; an error of conduct.
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