Webster's Dictionary 1913

4078

Mistrust

Mis‐trust″ (?), n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton.

4079

Mistrust (2)

Mis‐trust″, v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak.2. To forebode as near, o...

4080

Mistruster

Mis‐trust″er (?), n. One who mistrusts.

4081

Mistrustful

Mis‐trust″ful (?), a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak.— Mis‐trust″ful‐ly, adv. — Mis‐trust″ful‐ness, n.

4082

Mistrustingly

Mis‐trust″ing‐ly, adv. With distrust or suspicion.

4083

Mistrustless

Mis‐trust″less, a. Having no mistrust or suspicion.The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.

4084

Mistune

Mis‐tune″ (?), v. t. To tune wrongly.

4085

Mistura

‖Mis‐tu″ra (?), n. [L. See Mixture.] (Med.) (a) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4. (b) Sometimes, ...

4086

Misturn

Mis‐turn″ (?), v. t. To turn amiss; to pervert.

4087

Mistutor

Mis‐tu″tor (?), v. t. To instruct amiss.

4088

Misty

Mist″y (mĭst″y̆), a. [Compar.Mistier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Mistiest.] [AS. mistig. See Mist. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.] 1. Accompanied with mist; characteriz...

4089

Misunderstand

Mis‐un′der‐stand″ (mĭs‐ŭn′dẽr‐stănd″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misunderstood (–sto͝od″); p. pr. & vb. n.Misunderstanding.] To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a ...

4090

Misunderstander

Mis‐un′der‐stand″er (–ẽr), n. One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.

4091

Misunderstanding

Mis‐un′der‐stand″ing, n. 1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon.2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. “Misunderstandings among friends.” S...

4092

Misurato

‖Mi′su‐ra″to (mē′so͞o‐rä″tō̍), a.(Mus.) Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.

4093

Misusage

Mis‐us″age (mĭs‐ūz″ā̍j), n. [Cf. F. mésusage.] Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser.

4094

Misuse

Mis‐use″ (–ūz″), v. t. [F. mésuser. See Mis-, prefix from French, and Use.] 1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. Sou...

4095

Misuse (2)

Mis‐use″ (mĭs‐ūs″), n. 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke.2. Violence, or its effects. Shak.

4096

Misusement

Mis‐use″ment (?), n. Misuse.

4097

Misuser

Mis‐us″er (?), n. 1. One who misuses. “Wretched misusers of language.” Coleridge.2. (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier.

4098

Misvalue

Mis‐val″ue (?), v. t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.But for I am so young, I dread my workWot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne.

4099

Misvouch

Mis‐vouch″ (?), v. t. To vouch falsely.

4100

Miswander

Mis‐wan″der (?), v. i. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. Chaucer.

4101

Misway

Mis‐way″ (?), n. A wrong way. Chaucer.

4102

Miswear

Mis‐wear″ (?), v. t. To wear ill. Bacon.

4103

Miswed

Mis‐wed″ (?), v. t. To wed improperly.

4104

Misween

Mis‐ween″ (?), v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. Spenser.