Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Miscount

Mis‐count″ (?), v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. mesconter, F. mécompter. Cf. Miscompute.] To count erroneously.

3701

Miscount (2)

Mis‐count″, n. [Cf. F. mécompte error, OF. mesconte.] An erroneous counting.

3702

Miscovet

Mis‐cov″et (?), v. t. To covet wrongfully.

3703

Miscreance

{ Mis″cre‐ance (?), Mis″cre‐an‐cy (?), } n. [OF. mescreance, F. mécréance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. Ayliffe.

3704

Miscreant

Mis″cre‐ant (?), n. [OF. mescreant, F. mécréant; pref. mes- (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to believe. See Creed.]1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbelieve...

3705

Miscreant (2)

Mis″cre‐ant, a. 1. Holding a false religious faith.2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. Pope.

3706

Miscreate

Mis′cre‐ate″ (?), a. Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles. Shak.

3707

Miscreate (2)

Mis′cre‐ate″ (?), v. t. To create badly or amiss.

3708

Miscreated

Mis′cre‐at″ed (?), a. Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. Spenser. Milton.

3709

Miscreative

Mis′cre‐a″tive, a. Creating amiss.

3710

Miscredent

Mis‐cre″dent (?), n. [Pref. mis- + credent. Cf. Miscreant.] A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. Holinshed.

3711

Miscredulity

Mis′cre‐du″li‐ty (?), n. Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. Bp. Hall.

3712

Miscue

Mis‐cue″ (?), n.(Billiards) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

3713

Misdate

Mis‐date″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misdated; p. pr. & vb. n.Misdating.] To date erroneously. Young.

3714

Misdeal

Mis‐deal″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Misdealt (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Misdealing.] To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a wrong distribution.

3715

Misdeal (2)

Mis‐deal″, n. The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to the players.

3716

Misdeed

Mis‐deed″ (?), n. [AS. misdǣd. See Deed, n.] An evil deed; a wicked action.Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton.Syn. — Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; tres...

3717

Misdeem

Mis‐deem″ (?), v. t. To misjudge. Milton.

3718

Misdemean

Mis′de‐mean″ (?), v. t. To behave ill; — with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.

3719

Misdemeanant

Mis′de‐mean″ant (?), n. One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith.

3720

Misdemeanor

Mis′de‐mean″or (?), n. 1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. Shak.2. (Law) A crime less than a felony. Wharton.☞ As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally punishable...

3721

Misdempt

Mis‐dempt″ (?), obs.p. p. of Misdeem. Spenser.

3722

Misdepart

Mis′de‐part″ (?), v. t. To distribute wrongly.He misdeparteth riches temporal. Chaucer.

3723

Misderive

Mis′de‐rive″ (?), v. t. 1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Bp. Hall.2. To derive erroneously.

3724

Misdescribe

Mis′de‐scribe″ (?), v. t. To describe wrongly.

3725

Misdesert

Mis′de‐sert″, n. Ill desert. Spenser.

3726

Misdevotion

Mis′de‐vo″tion (?), n. Mistaken devotion.