MISE
MISE, noun meze. [Latin mitto.]1. In law, an issue to be tried at the grand assize.2. Expense; cost.3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king o...
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MISEMPLOY
MISEMPLOY', verb transitive To employ to no purpose, or to a bad purpose; as, to misemploy time, power, advantages, talents, etc.
MISEMPLOYED
MISEMPLOY'ED, participle passive Used to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYING
MISEMPLOY'ING, participle present tense Using to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYMENT
MISEMPLOY'MENT, noun Ill employment; application to no purpose, or to a bad purpose.
MISENTRY
MISEN'TRY, noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
MISER
MI'SER, noun s as z. [Latin miser miserable.] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted.1. A wretch; a mean fellow.2. An extremely covetous person; a sordid wretch; a niggar...
MISERABALE
MIS'ERABALE, adjective s as z. [Latin miser, miserabilis.]1. Very unhappy from grief, pain, calamity, poverty, apprehension of evil, or other cause. It however expresses somewha...
MISERABLENESS
MIS'ERABLENESS, noun State of misery; poorness.
MISERABLY
MIS'ERABLY, adverb Unhappily; calamitously.The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.1. Very poorly or meanly; wretchedly. They were miserably entertained.2. In misery or unhappi...
MISERLY
MI'SERLY, adjective [See Miser.] Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious.
MISERY
MIS'ERY, noun s as z. [Latin miseria.]1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind. A man suffers misery from the gout, or from great afflictions, distress, calamity, and ...
MISESTIMATE
MISES'TIMATE, verb transitive To estimate erroneously.
MISFALL
MISFALL', verb transitive To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.
MISFARE
MISFA'RE, noun Ill fare; misfortune.
MISFASHION
MISFASH'ION, verb transitive To form wrong.
MISFEASANCE
MISFE'ASANCE, noun misfe'zance. In law, a trespass; a wrong done.
MISFORM
MISFORM', verb transitive To make of an ill form; to put in an ill shape.
MISFORTUNE
MISFOR'TUNE, noun Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; as loss of property at sea or by fire.Consider why the change was wrought,You'll find it his misfor...
MISFORTUNED
MISFOR'TUNED, adjective Unfortunate.
MISGIVE
MISGIVE, verb transitive misgiv'. [See Give.] To fill with doubt; to deprive of confidence; to fail; usually applied to the heart.So doth my heart misgive me.His heart misgave h...
MISGIVING
MISGIV'ING, participle present tense Filling with doubt or distrust; failing.MISGIV'ING, noun A failing of confidence; doubt; distrust.Doubts, suspicions and misgivings.
MISGOTTEN
MISGOT'TEN, adjective Unjustly obtained.
MISGOVERN
MISGOV'ERN, verb transitive To govern ill; to administer unfaithfully.Solyman charged him bitterly that he had misgoverned the state.
MISGOVERNANCE
MISGOV'ERNANCE, noun Ill government; disorder; irregularity.
MISGOVERNED
MISGOV'ERNED, participle passive Ill governed; badly administered.1. Rude; unrestrained; as rude, misgoverned hands.
MISGOVERNMENT
MISGOV'ERNMENT, noun Ill administration of public affairs.1. Ill management in private affairs.2. Irregularity; disorder.