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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,135 words match “MIS”

MISTRUST v. 3 definitions
h jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak.
MISTRUSTER n.
One who mistrusts.
MISTRUSTFUL a.
Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak. -- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n.
MISTRUSTINGLY adv.
With distrust or suspicion.
MISTRUSTLESS a.
Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.
MISTUNE v.
To tune wrongly.
MISTURA n. 2 definitions
A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.
MISTURN v.
To turn amiss; to pervert.
MISTUTOR v.
To instruct amiss.
MISTY a. 2 definitions
Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
MISUNDERSTAND v.
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
MISUNDERSTANDER n.
One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.
MISUNDERSTANDING n. 2 definitions
Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon.
MISURATO a.
Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
MISUSAGE n.
Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser.
MISUSE v. 4 definitions
To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South. The sweet poison of misused wine. Milton.
MISUSEMENT n.
Misuse. [Obs.]
MISUSER n. 2 definitions
One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge.
MISVALUE v.
value wrongly or too little; to undervalue. But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne.
MISVOUCH v.
To vouch falsely.
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