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To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.

A mistake in charging.

on caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. Chaucer. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. Ps. lii. 2. The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. Fuller.

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate.

Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote.

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South.

See Mishna.

See Mishnic.

To choose wrongly. Milton.

To christen wrongly.

Capability of being mixed.

Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions. Burke.

Erroneous citation.

To cite erroneously.

A mistaken claim.

Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.

To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.] Holland.

Wrong collocation. De Quincey.