Webster's Dictionary 1913

3943

Misreform

Mis′re‐form″ (?), v. t. To reform wrongly or imperfectly.

3944

Misregard

Mis′re‐gard″ (?), n. Wrong understanding; misconstruction. Spenser.

3945

Misregulate

Mis‐reg″u‐late (?), v. t. To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

3946

Misrehearse

Mis′re‐hearse″ (?), v. t. To rehearse or quote incorrectly. Sir T. More.

3947

Misrelate

Mis′re‐late″ (?), v. t. To relate inaccurately.

3948

Misrelation

Mis′re‐la″tion (?), n. Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.

3949

Misreligion

Mis′re‐li″gion (?), n. False religion.

3950

Misremember

Mis′re‐mem″ber (?), v. t. & i. To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More.

3951

Misrender

Mis‐ren″der (?), v. t. To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

3952

Misrepeat

Mis′re‐peat″ (?), v. t. To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop.

3953

Misreport

Mis′re‐port″ (?), v. t. & i. To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.

3954

Misreport (2)

Mis′re‐port″, n. An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given. Denham. South.

3955

Misrepresent

Mis‐rep′re‐sent″ (?), v. t. To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly....

3956

Misrepresent (2)

Mis‐rep′re‐sent″, v. i. To make an incorrect or untrue representation. Milton.

3957

Misrepresentation

Mis‐rep′re‐sen‐ta″tion (?), n. Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; — usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a perso...

3958

Misrepresentative

Mis‐rep′re‐sent″a‐tive (?), a. Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

3959

Misrepresenter

Mis‐rep′re‐sent″er (?), n. One who misrepresents.

3960

Misrepute

Mis′re‐pute″ (?), v. t. To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.

3961

Misrule

Mis‐rule″ (?), v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern.

3962

Misrule (2)

Mis‐rule″, n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling.2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope.Abbot of Misrule, orLord of Mi...

3963

Misruly

Mis‐rul″y (?), a. Unruly. Bp. Hall.

3964

Miss

Miss (mĭs), n.; pl.Misses (–sĕz). [Contr. fr. mistress.] 1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.☞ There is di...

3965

Miss (2)

Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Missed (mĭst); p. pr. & vb. n.Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. √100. See Mis-, pref.] 1. ...

3966

Miss (3)

Miss (?), v. i. 1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss. Bacon.Flying bullets now,To execute his r...

3967

Miss (4)

Miss, n. 1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.2. Loss; want; felt absence.There will be no great miss of those which are lost. Locke.3. Mistake; error...

3968

Missa

‖Mis″sa (?), n.; pl.Missæ (#). [LL. See 1st Mass.] (R.C.Ch.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass.

3969

Missal

Mis″sal (?), n. [LL. missale, liber missalis, from missa mass: cf. F. missel. See 1st Mass.] The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book.