Webster's Dictionary 1913

4105

Miswend

Mis‐wend″ (?), v. i. To go wrong; to go astray. “The world is miswent.” Gower.

4106

Misword

Mis‐word″ (?), v. t. To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.

4107

Misword (2)

Mis‐word″, n. A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. Sylvester.Breton.

4108

Misworship

Mis‐wor″ship (?), n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall.Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle.

4109

Misworship (2)

Mis‐wor″ship, v. t. To worship wrongly. Bp. Hall.

4110

Misworshiper

Mis‐wor″ship‐er (?), n. One who worships wrongly.

4111

Miswrite

Mis‐write″ (?), v. t. To write incorrectly.

4112

Miswrought

Mis‐wrought″ (?), a. Badly wrought. Bacon.

4113

Misy

Mi″sy (?), n. [Cf. L. misy a mineral, perh. copperas, Gr. �.] (Min.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

4114

Misyoke

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

4115

Miszealous

Mis‐zeal″ous (?), a. Mistakenly zealous.

4116

Mite

Mite (mīt), n. [AS. mīte mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. mite, D. mijt, G. miete, OHG. mīza; cf. Goth. maitan to cut.] 1. (Zoöl.) A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of whic...

4117

Miter

{ Mi″ter, Mi″tre } (?), n. [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban, Gr. �.] 1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many...

4118

Miter (2)

{ Mi″ter, Mi″tre }, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mitered (?) or Mitred; p. pr. & vb. n.Mitering (?) or Mitring.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. “Mitered locks.” Milton.2...

4119

Miter (3)

{ Mi″ter, Mi″tre }, v. i. To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.

4120

Miterwort

Mi″ter‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, — slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.False miterwort, a white-flow...

4121

Mithic

Mith″ic (?), a. See Mythic.

4122

Mithras

‖Mi″thras (?), n. The sun god of the Persians.

4123

Mithridate

Mith″ri‐date (?), n.(Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexip...

4124

Mithridatic

Mith′ri‐dat″ic (mĭth′rĭ‐dăt″ĭk), a. Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a mithridate.

4125

Mitigable

Mit″i‐ga‐ble (?), a. Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.

4126

Mitigant

Mit″i‐gant (?), a. [L. mitigans, p. pr. of mitigare. See Mitigate.] Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive. Johnson.

4127

Mitigate

Mit″i‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mitigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, d...

4128

Mitigation

Mit′i‐ga″tion (?), n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.] The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, ha...

4129

Mitigative

Mit″i‐ga‐tive (?), a. [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.] Tending to mitigate; alleviating.

4130

Mitigator

Mit″i‐ga′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, mitigates.

4131

Mitigatory

Mit″i‐ga‐to‐ry (?), a. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.