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3,135 words match “MIS”

MISCOLOR v.
To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley.
MISCOMFORT n.
Discomfort. [Obs.]
MISCOMPREHEND v.
To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.
MISCOMPUTATION n.
Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
MISCOMPUTE v.
To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.
MISCONCEIT n.
Misconception. [Obs.]
MISCONCEIVE v.
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend. Those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. Hooker.
MISCONCEIVER n.
One who misconceives.
MISCONCEPTION n.
Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. Harvey.
MISCONCLUSION n.
An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.
MISCONDUCT n. 3 definitions
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.
MISCONFIDENT a.
Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] Bp. Hall.
MISCONJECTURE n. 2 definitions
A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T. Browne.
MISCONSECRATE v.
To consecrate amiss. "Misconsecrated flags." Bp. Hall.
MISCONSECRATION n.
Wrong consecration.
MISCONSEQUENCE n.
A wrong consequence; a false deduction.
MISCONSTRUABLE a.
Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. R. North.
MISCONSTRUCT v.
To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.
MISCONSTRUCTION n.
Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.
MISCONSTRUE v.
To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously. Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden. Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. Addison.
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