Webster's Dictionary 1913

3646

Mischance (2)

Mis‐chance″, v. i. To happen by mischance. Spenser.

3647

Mischanceful

Mis‐chance″ful (?), a. Unlucky. R. Browning.

3648

Mischaracterize

Mis‐char″ac‐ter‐ize (?), v. t. To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.

3649

Mischarge

Mis‐charge″ (?), v. t. To charge erroneously, as in an account. — n. A mistake in charging.

3650

Mischief

Mis″chief (mĭs″chĭf), n. [OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref. mes- (L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and Chief.]1. Harm; damage; esp., disarra...

3651

Mischief (2)

Mis″chief, v. t. To do harm to. Milton.

3652

Mischief-maker

Mis″chief–mak′er (?), n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

3653

Mischief-making

Mis″chief–mak′ing, a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. — n. The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

3654

Mischiefable

Mis″chief‐a‐ble (?), a. Mischievous. Lydgate.

3655

Mischiefful

Mis″chief‐ful (?), a. Mischievous. Foote.

3656

Mischievous

Mis″chie‐vous (mĭs″chē̍‐vŭs), a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; — now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. “Most mischievou...

3657

Mischna

Misch″na (?), n. See Mishna.

3658

Mischnic

Misch″nic (?), a. See Mishnic.

3659

Mischoose

Mis‐choose″ (?), v. t. [imp.Mischose (?); p. p.Mischosen (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mischoosing.] To choose wrongly. Milton.

3660

Mischoose (2)

Mis‐choose″, v. i. To make a wrong choice.

3661

Mischristen

Mis‐chris″ten (?), v. t. To christen wrongly.

3662

Miscibility

Mis′ci‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. miscibilité.] Capability of being mixed.

3663

Miscible

Mis″ci‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. miscible, fr. L. miscere to mix.] Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions. Burke.

3664

Miscitation

Mis′ci‐ta″tion (?), n. Erroneous citation.

3665

Miscite

Mis‐cite″, v. t. To cite erroneously.

3666

Misclaim

Mis‐claim″ (?), n. A mistaken claim.

3667

Miscognizant

Mis‐cog″ni‐zant (?), a.(Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.

3668

Miscognize

Mis‐cog″nize (?), v. t. To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. Holland.

3669

Miscollocation

Mis‐col′lo‐ca″tion (?), n. Wrong collocation. De Quincey.

3670

Miscolor

Mis‐col″or (?), v. t. To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts. C. Kingsley.

3671

Miscomfort

Mis‐com″fort (?), n. Discomfort.

3672

Miscomprehend

Mis‐com′pre‐hend″ (?), v. t. To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.