Webster's Dictionary 1913

3673

Miscomputation

Mis‐com′pu‐ta″tion (?), n. Erroneous computation; false reckoning.

3674

Miscompute

Mis′com‐pute″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Miscount.] To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.

3675

Misconceit

Mis′con‐ceit″ (?), n. Misconception.

3676

Misconceive

Mis′con‐ceive″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Misconceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Misconceiving.] To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misj...

3677

Misconceiver

Mis′con‐ceiv″er (?), n. One who misconceives.

3678

Misconception

Mis′con‐cep″tion (?), n. Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. Harvey.

3679

Misconclusion

Mis′con‐clu″sion (?), n. An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.

3680

Misconduct

Mis‐con″duct (?), n. Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.Syn. — Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.

3681

Misconduct (2)

Mis′con‐duct″ (?), v. t. To conduct amiss; to mismanage. Johnson.To misconduct one's self, to behave improperly.

3682

Misconduct (3)

Mis′con‐duct″, v. i. To behave amiss.

3683

Misconfident

Mis‐con″fi‐dent (?), a. Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. Bp. Hall.

3684

Misconjecture

Mis′con‐jec″ture (?; 135), n. A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T. Browne.

3685

Misconjecture (2)

Mis′con‐jec″ture (?), v. t. & i. To conjecture wrongly.

3686

Misconsecrate

Mis‐con″se‐crate (?), v. t. To consecrate amiss. “Misconsecrated flags.” Bp. Hall.

3687

Misconsecration

Mis‐con′se‐cra″tion, n. Wrong consecration.

3688

Misconsequence

Mis‐con″se‐quence (?), n. A wrong consequence; a false deduction.

3689

Misconstruable

Mis‐con″stru‐a‐ble (?), a. Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. R. North.

3690

Misconstruct

Mis′con‐struct″ (?), v. t. To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously.

3691

Misconstruction

Mis′con‐struc″tion (?), n. Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

3692

Misconstrue

Mis‐con″strue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misconstrued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Misconstruing.] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. D...

3693

Misconstruer

Mis‐con″stru‐er (?), n. One who misconstrues.

3694

Miscontent

Mis′con‐tent″ (?), a. Discontent.

3695

Miscontinuance

Mis′con‐tin″u‐ance (?), n.(Law) Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.

3696

Miscopy

Mis‐copy″ (?), v. t. To copy amiss.

3697

Miscopy (2)

Mis‐copy″, n. A mistake in copying. North Am. Rev.

3698

Miscorrect

Mis′cor‐rect″ (?), v. t. To fail or err in attempting to correct. “Scaliger miscorrects his author.” Dryden.

3699

Miscounsel

Mis‐coun″sel (?), v. t. To counsel or advise wrongly.