MISSAL
MIS'SAL, noun The Romish mass-book.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MISSAY
MISSA'Y, verb transitive To say wrong; to slander. [Little used.]MISSA'Y, verb intransitive To speak ill.
MISSAYING
MISSA'YING, noun Wrong expression.
MISSEEM
MISSEE'M, verb intransitive To make a false appearance.1. To misbecome.
MISSEL
MIS'SELMIS'SEL-BIRD, noun A species of thrush.
MISSELDINE
MIS'SELDINE, noun The mistletoe. [Not used.]
MISSEMBLANCE
MISSEM'BLANCE, noun False resemblance.
MISSERVE
MISSERVE, verb transitive misserv'. To serve unfaithfully.
MISSHAPE
MISSHA'PE, verb transitive [See Shape.] To shape ill; to give an ill form to; to deform.And horribly misshapes with ugly sights.A misshaped figure.Misshapen mountains.
MISSHAPED
MISSHA'PEDMISSHA'PEN, participle passive Ill formed; deformed; ugly.
MISSILE
MIS'SILE, adjective [Latin missilis, from missus, sent; mitto, to send.]Thrown or sent, or that may be thrown. A missile weapon is one that is thrown by the hand, or from an eng...
MISSING
MISS'ING, participle present tense [from miss.] Failing to hit, to reach or to find; discovering to be wanting.1.adjective Lost; absent from the place where it was expected to b...
MISSION
MIS'SION, noun [Latin missio, from mitto, to send.]1. A sending or being sent, usually the latter; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting bu...
MISSIONARY
MIS'SIONARY, noun One sent to propagate religion. Christian missionaries are called missionaries of the cross.MIS'SIONARY, adjective Pertaining to mission; as a missionary meeti...
MISSIONER
MISSIONER, for missionary, is not used.
MISSIVE
MIS'SIVE, adjective Such as is sent; as a letter missive1. Thrown or sent, or such as may be sent; as a missive weapon.MIS'SIVE, noun A letter sent, or messenger.
MISSPEAK
MISSPE'AK, verb intransitive [See Speak.] To err or mistake in speaking.MISSPE'AK, verb transitive To utter wrong.
MISSPELLED
MISSPELL'EDMISSPELL'ING, participle present tense Spelling wrong.MISSPELL'ING, noun A wrong spelling; false orthography.
MISSPELT
MISSPELT', participle passive Spelled wrong, or with wrong letters.
MISSPEND
MISSPEND', verb transitive To spend amiss; to waste or consume to no purpose, or to a bad one; as, to misspend time or money; to misspend life.1. To waste.The genial moisture du...
MISSPENDER
MISSPEND'ER, noun One that consumes prodigally or improperly.
MISSPENDING
MISSPEND'ING, participle passive Spending to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISSPENSE
MISSPENSE, noun misspens'. A spending improperly; a wasting.
MISSPENT
MISSPENT', participle present tense Ill spent; expended or consumed to no purpose, or to a bad one; as misspent time or life.
MISSPOKE
MISSPO'KEMISSPO'KEN, participle passive Uttered or spoken amiss.
MISSY
MIS'SY, noun The sulphate of iron, having lost the water of its crystallization, is called sori; more thoroughly calcined, it is yellow, and called missy
MISTAKEN
MISTA'KEN. In the use of this participle, there is a peculiarity which ought to be carefully noticed. When used of persons, it signified to be in an error, to be wrong; as, I am...