Webster's Dictionary 1913

3997

Missit

Mis‐sit″ (?), v. t. To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. Chaucer.

3998

Missive

Mis″sive (?), a. [See Missive, n.] 1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive. Ayliffe.2. Missile. “The missive weapons fly.” Dryden.Letters missiv...

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Missive (2)

Mis″sive, n. [F. lettre missive. See Mission, n.] 1. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.2. One who is sent; a messenger. Shak.

4000

Missound

Mis‐sound″ (?), v. t. To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.

4001

Misspeak

Mis‐speak″ (?), v. i. To err in speaking.

4002

Misspeak (2)

Mis‐speak″, v. t. To utter wrongly.

4003

Misspeech

Mis‐speech″ (?), n. Wrong speech.

4004

Misspell

Mis‐spell″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misspelled (?), or Misspelt (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Misspelling.] To spell incorrectly.

4005

Misspelling

Mis‐spell″ing, n. A wrong spelling.

4006

Misspend

Mis‐spend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misspent (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Misspending.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to squander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. J. Phil...

4007

Misspender

Mis‐spend″er (?), n. One who misspends.

4008

Misspense

Mis‐spense″ (?), n. A spending improperly; a wasting. Barrow.

4009

Misspent

Mis‐spent″ (?), imp. & p. p. of Misspend.

4010

Misstate

Mis‐state″ (?), v. t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.

4011

Misstatement

Mis‐state″ment (?), n. An incorrect statement.

4012

Misstayed

Mis‐stayed″ (?), a.(Naut.) Having missed stays; — said of a ship.

4013

Misstep

Mis‐step″, n. A wrong step; an error of conduct.

4014

Misstep (2)

Mis‐step″, v. i. To take a wrong step; to go astray.

4015

Missuccess

Mis′suc‐cess″ (?), n. Failure.

4016

Missuggestion

Mis′sug‐ges″tion (? or?), n. Wrong or evil suggestion. Bp. Hall.

4017

Missummation

Mis′sum‐ma″tion, n. Wrong summation.

4018

Misswear

Mis‐swear″ (?), v. i. To swear falsely.

4019

Missy

Mis″sy (?), n.(Min.) See Misy.

4020

Missy (2)

Mis″sy, n. An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young girl; a miss. — a. Like a miss, or girl.

4021

Mist

Mist (mĭst), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. maíhstus, AS. mīgan to make water, Icel. mīga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meier...

4022

Mist (2)

Mist, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misted; p. pr. & vb. n.Misting.] To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. Shak.

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Mist (3)

Mist, v. i. To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.