MISCHIEF-MAKING
MIS'CHIEF-MAKING, adjective Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MISCHIEVOUS
MIS'CHIEVOUS, adjective Harmful; hurtful; injurious; making mischief; of persons; as a mischievous man or disposition.1. Hurtful; noxious; as a mischievous thing.2. Inclined to ...
MISCHIEVOUSLY
MIS'CHIEVOUSLY, adverb With injury, hurt, loss or damage. We say, the law operates mischievously1. With evil intention or disposition. The injury was done mischievously
MISCHIEVOUSNESS
MIS'CHIEVOUSNESS, noun Hurtfulness; noxiousness.1. Disposition to do harm, or to vex or annoy; as the mischievousness of youth.Mischief denotes injury, harm or damage of less ma...
MISCHNA
MISCH'NA, noun A part of the Jewish Talmud. [See Mishna.]
MISCHOOSE
MISCHOOSE, verb transitive mischooz'. To choose wrong; to make a wrong choice.
MISCHOSEN
MISCHO'SEN, participle passive Chosen by mistake.
MISCIBLE
MIS'CIBLE, adjective [Latin misceo, to mix.]That may be mixed. Oil and water are not miscible
MISCITATION
MISCITA'TION, noun A wrong citation; erroneous quotation.
MISCITE
MISCI'TE, verb transitive To cite erroneously or falsely.
MISCLAIM
MISCLA'IM, noun A mistaken claim or demand.
MISCOMPUTATION
MISCOMPUTA'TION, noun Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
MISCOMPUTE
MISCOMPU'TE, verb transitive To compute or reckon erroneously.
MISCONCEIT
MISCONCE'ITMISCONCE'IVE, verb transitive or i. To receive a false notion or opinion of any thing; to misjudge; to have an erroneous understanding of any thing.To yield to others...
MISCONCEIVE
MISCONCE'IVE, v.t. or i. To receive a false notion or opinion of any thing; to misjudge; to have an erroneous understanding of any thing.To yield to others just and reasonable c...
MISCONCEIVED
MISCONCE'IVED, participle passive Wrongly understood; mistaken.
MISCONCEIVING
MISCONCE'IVING, participle present tense Mistaking; misunderstanding.
MISCONCEPTION
MISCONCEP'TION, noun Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong notion or understanding of a thing.Great errors and dangers result from a misconception of the names of things.
MISCONDUCT
MISCON'DUCT, noun Wrong conduct; ill behavior; ill management.MISCONDUCT', verb transitive To conduct amiss; to mismanage.MISCONDUCT', verb intransitive To behave amiss.
MISCONDUCTED
MISCONDUCT'ED, participle passive Ill managed; badly conducted.
MISCONDUCTING
MISCONDUCT'ING, participle present tense Mismanaging; misbehaving.
MISCONJECTURE
MISCONJEC'TURE, noun A wrong conjecture or guess.MISCONJEC'TURE, verb transitive or i. To guess wrong.
MISCONSTRUCTION
MISCONSTRUC'TION, noun Wrong interpretation of words or things; a mistaking of the true meaning; as a misconstruction of words or actions.
MISCONSTRUE
MISCON'STRUE, verb transitive To interpret erroneously either words or things. It is important not to misconstrue the Scriptures.Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent.A virt...
MISCONSTRUED
MISCON'STRUED, participle passive Erroneously interpreted.
MISCONSTRUER
MISCON'STRUER, noun One who makes a wrong interpretation.
MISCONSTRUING
MISCON'STRUING, participle present tense Interpreting wrongly.