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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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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.
MISWANDER v.
To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MISWAY n.
A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MISWEAR v.
To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.
MISWED v.
To wed improperly.
MISWEEN v.
To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.
MISWEND v.
To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] "The world is miswent." Gower.
MISWORD v. 2 definitions
To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.
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