Webster's Dictionary 1913

3808

Misguide (2)

Mis‐guide″, n. Misguidance; error. Spenser.

3809

Misguiding

Mis‐guid″ing, a. Misleading. — Mis‐guid″ing‐ly, adv.

3810

Misgye

Mis‐gye″ (?), v. t. To misguide.

3811

Mishandle

Mis‐han″dle (?), v. t. To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

3812

Mishap

Mis‐hap″ (?), n. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. Chaucer.Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. Shak.

3813

Mishap (2)

Mis‐hap″ (?), v. i. To happen unluckily; — used impersonally. “If that me mishap.” Chaucer.

3814

Mishappen

Mis‐hap″pen (?), v. i. To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.

3815

Mishappy

Mis‐hap″py (?), a. Unhappy.

3816

Mishcup

Mish‐cup″ (?), n. [See Scup.] (Zoöl.) The scup.

3817

Mishear

Mis‐hear″ (?), v. t. & i. To hear incorrectly.

3818

Mishmash

Mish″mash′ (?), n. [Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to mix.] A hotchpotch. Sir T. Herbert.

3819

Mishna

Mish″na (?), n. [NHeb. mishnāh, i.e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), fr. Heb. shānāh to change, to repeat.] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions a...

3820

Mishnic

Mish″nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Mishna.

3821

Misimagination

Mis′im‐ag′i‐na″tion (?), n. Wrong imagination; delusion. Bp. Hall.

3822

Misimprove

Mis′im‐prove″ (?), v. t. To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. South.

3823

Misimprovement

Mis′im‐prove″ment (?), n. Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.

3824

Misincline

Mis″in‐cline″ (?), v. t. To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to affect wrongly.

3825

Misinfer

Mis′in‐fer″ (?), v. t. To infer incorrectly.

3826

Misinform

Mis′in‐form″ (?), v. t. To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

3827

Misinform (2)

Mis′in‐form″, v. i. To give untrue information; (with against) to calumniate. Bp. Montagu.

3828

Misinformant

Mis′in‐form″ant (?), n. A misinformer.

3829

Misinformation

Mis‐in′for‐ma″tion (?), n. Untrue or incorrect information. Bacon.

3830

Misinformer

Mis′in‐form″er (?), n. One who gives untrue or incorrect information.

3831

Misinstruct

Mis′in‐struct″ (?), v. t. To instruct amiss.

3832

Misinstruction

Mis′in‐struc″tion (?), n. Wrong or improper instruction.

3833

Misintelligence

Mis′in‐tel″li‐gence (?), n. 1. Wrong information; misinformation.2. Disagreement; misunderstanding.

3834

Misintend

Mis′in‐tend″ (?), v. t. To aim amiss.