Webster's Dictionary 1913

3862

Mislike (2)

Mis‐like″, n. Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.

3863

Misliker

Mis‐lik″er (?), n. One who dislikes.

3864

Misliking

Mis‐lik″ing, n. Dislike; aversion.

3865

Mislin

Mis″lin (?), n. & a. See Maslin.

3866

Mislive

Mis‐live″ (?), v. i. To live amiss.

3867

Mislodge

Mis‐lodge″ (?), v. t. To lodge amiss.

3868

Misluck

Mis‐luck″ (?), n. Ill luck; misfortune.

3869

Misly

Mis″ly (?), a. Raining in very small drops.

3870

Mismake

Mis‐make″ (mĭs‐māk″), v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. “Limping possibilities of mismade human nature.” Mrs. Browning.

3871

Mismanage

Mis‐man″age (?), v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

3872

Mismanagement

Mis‐man″age‐ment (?), n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

3873

Mismanager

Mis‐man″a‐ger (?), n. One who manages ill.

3874

Mismark

Mis‐mark″ (?), v. t. To mark wrongly.

3875

Mismatch

Mis‐match″ (?), v. t. To match unsuitably.

3876

Mismate

Mis‐mate″ (?), v. t. To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.

3877

Mismeasure

Mis‐meas″ure (?; 135), v. t. To measure or estimate incorrectly.

3878

Mismeasurement

Mis‐meas″ure‐ment, n. Wrong measurement.

3879

Mismeter

Mis‐me″ter (?), v. t. To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse. Chaucer.

3880

Misname

Mis‐name″ (?), v. t. To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.

3881

Misnomer

Mis‐no″mer (?), n. [OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + F. nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See Name.] The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as ...

3882

Misnomer (2)

Mis‐no″mer, v. t. To misname.

3883

Misnumber

Mis‐num″ber (?), v. t. To number wrongly.

3884

Misnurture

Mis‐nur″ture (?; 135), v. t. To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture children. Bp. Hall.

3885

Misobedience

Mis′o‐be″di‐ence (?), n. Mistaken obedience; disobedience. Milton.

3886

Misobserve

Mis′ob‐serve″ (?), v. t. To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.

3887

Misobserver

Mis′ob‐serv″er (?), n. One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.

3888

Misogamist

Mi‐sog″a‐mist (?), n. [Gr. μισει̑ν to hate + � marriage.] A hater of marriage.