Webster's Dictionary 1913

3916

Mispraise

Mis‐praise″ (?), v. t. To praise amiss.

3917

Misprint

Mis‐print″ (?), v. t. To print wrong.

3918

Misprint (2)

Mis‐print″, n. A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints.

3919

Misprise

Mis‐prise″ (?), v. t. See Misprize. Shak.

3920

Misprise (2)

Mis‐prise″, v. t. [OF. mesprise mistake, F. méprise, fr. mespris, masc., mesprise, fem., p. p. of mesprendre to mistake; F. méprendre; pref. mes- amiss + prendre to take, L. pre...

3921

Misprision

Mis‐pri″sion (?), n. [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. mépris. See 2d Misprise, Misprize, Prison.]1. The act of mi...

3922

Misprize

Mis‐prize″ (mĭs‐prīz″), v. t. [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. mépriser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less + LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.] To slight or undervalue.O, fo...

3923

Misproceeding

Mis′pro‐ceed″ing (?), n. Wrong or irregular proceding.

3924

Misprofess

Mis′pro‐fess″ (?), v. i. To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

3925

Misprofess (2)

Mis′pro‐fess″, v. t. To make a false profession of.

3926

Mispronounce

Mis′pro‐nounce″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Mispronounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mispronouncing (?).] To pronounce incorrectly.

3927

Mispronunciation

Mis′pro‐nun′ci‐a″tion (? or?), n. Wrong or improper pronunciation.

3928

Misproportion

Mis′pro‐por″tion (?), v. t. To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

3929

Misproud

Mis‐proud″, a. Viciously proud. Shak.

3930

Mispunctuate

Mis‐punc″tu‐ate (?; 135), v. t. To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.

3931

Misquotation

Mis′quo‐ta″tion (?), n. Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

3932

Misquote

Mis‐quote″ (?), v. t. & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly. Shak.

3933

Misraise

Mis‐raise″ (?), v. t. To raise or excite unreasonable. “Misraised fury.” Bp. Hall.

3934

Misrate

Mis‐rate″ (?), v. t. To rate erroneously.

3935

Misread

Mis‐read″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Misread (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Misreading (?).] To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.

3936

Misreceive

Mis′re‐ceive″ (?), v. t. To receive wrongly.

3937

Misrecital

Mis′re‐cit″al (?), n. An inaccurate recital.

3938

Misrecite

Mis′re‐cite″ (?), v. t. & i. To recite erroneously.

3939

Misreckon

Mis‐reck″on (?), v. t. & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift.

3940

Misreckoning

Mis‐reck″on‐ing, n. An erroneous computation.

3941

Misrecollect

Mis‐rec′ol‐lect″ (?), v. t. & i. To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. Hitchcock.

3942

Misrecollection

Mis‐rec′ol‐lec″tion (?), n. Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.