Webster's Dictionary 1913

3970

Missal (2)

Mis″sal, a. Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. Bp. Hall.

3971

Missay

Mis‐say″ (?), v. t. 1. To say wrongly.2. To speak evil of; to slander.

3972

Missay (2)

Mis‐say″, v. i. To speak ill. Spenser.

3973

Misseek

Mis‐seek″ (?), v. t. To seek for wrongly.

3974

Misseem

Mis‐seem″ (?), v. i. 1. To make a false appearance.2. To misbecome; to be misbecoming. Spenser.

3975

Missel

Mis″sel (?), n. Mistletoe.Missel bird, Missel thrush(Zoöl.), a large European thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; — called also mistletoe thr...

3976

Misseldine

Mis″sel‐dine (?), n. [See Mistletoe.] [Written also misselden.] The mistletoe. Baret.

3977

Misseltoe

Mis″sel‐toe (?), n. See Mistletoe.

3978

Missemblance

Mis‐sem″blance (?), n. False resemblance or semblance.

3979

Missend

Mis‐send″ (?), v. t. To send amiss or incorrectly.

3980

Misserve

Mis‐serve″ (?), v. t. & i. To serve unfaithfully.

3981

Misset

Mis‐set″ (mĭs‐sĕt″), v. t. To set or place wrongly.

3982

Misshape

Mis‐shape″ (?), v. t. To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform. “Figures monstrous and misshaped.” Pope.

3983

Misshapen

Mis‐shap″en (?), a. Having a bad or ugly form. “The mountains are misshapen.” Bentley.— Mis‐shap″en‐ly, adv. — Mis‐shap″en‐ness, n.

3984

Missheathed

Mis‐sheathed″ (?), a. Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place. Shak.

3985

Missificate

Mis‐sif″i‐cate (?), v. i. [LL. missa Mass + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-.] To perform Mass. Milton.

3986

Missile

Mis″sile (?), a. [L. missils, fr. mittere, missum, to cause to go, to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf. Admit, Dismiss, Mass the religious service, M...

3987

Missile (2)

Mis″sile, n. [L. missile.] A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.

3988

Missing

Miss″ing (?), a. [From Miss, v. i.] Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.Neither was there aught missing...

3989

Missingly

Miss″ing‐ly, adv. With a sense of loss. Shak.

3990

Mission

Mis″sion (?), n. [L. missio, fr. mittere, missum, to send: cf. F. mission. See Missile.] 1. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authorit...

3991

Mission (2)

Mis″sion (?), v. t. To send on a mission. Keats.

3992

Missionary

Mis″sion‐ary (?), n.; pl.Missionaries (#). [Cf. F. missionnaire. See Mission, n.] One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion. Swift.Missionary apos...

3993

Missionary (2)

Mis″sion‐a‐ry, a. Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting; a missionary fund.

3994

Missioner

Mis″sion‐er (?), n. A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See Mission, n., 6. “Like mighty missioner you come.” Dryden.

3995

Missis

Mis″sis (?), n. A mistress; a wife; — so used by the illiterate. G. Eliot.

3996

Missish

Miss″ish, a. Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.— Miss″ish‐ness, n.