Dictionary: MIS-UN-DER-STAND'ING – MITH'IC

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MIS-UN-DER-STAND'ING, ppr.

Mistaking the meaning.

MIS-UN-DER-STOOD', pp.

Misconceived; mistaken; understood erroneously. South.

MIS-U-SAGE, n. [misyu'zage.]

Ill usage; abuse.

MIS-USE, n. [misyu'se.]

  1. Ill treatment; improper use; employment to a bad purpose; as, the misuse of mercies. Addison.
  2. Abuse; ill treatment. Shak.
  3. Wrong application; misapplication; erroneous use; as, the misuse of words. Locke.

MIS-USE', v.t. [misyu'z; Fr. mesuser. See Use.]

  1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose. Milton.
  2. To abuse; to treat ill.

MIS-US-ED, pp. [misyu'zed.]

Improperly used or applied; misapplied; misemployed; abused.

MIS-US'ING, ppr. [misyu'zing.]

Using improperly; abusing; misapplying.

MIS-VOUCH, v.t.

To vouch falsely.

MIS-WED, v.t.

To wed improperly.

MIS-WED'DED, pp.

Ill matched.

MIS-WEEN, v.i.

To misjudge; to distrust. Spenser.

MIS-WEND', v.i.

To go wrong. [Obs.] Spenser.

MIS-WRITE, v.t. [See Write.]

To write incorrectly. Bp. Cosin.

MIS-WROUGHT, a. [misrauti.]

Badly wrought. Bacon.

MIS'Y, n. [See MISSY.]

MIS-YOKE, v.t.

To yoke or join improperly.

MIS-YOK-ED, pp.

Improperly yoked.

MIS-YOK-ING, ppr.

Yoking improperly.

MIS-ZEAL-OUS, a. [miszel'ous.]

Actuated by false zeal. Bp. Hall.

MITE, n. [Sax. mite; D. myt; Dan. mid; Fr. mite; and Ch. מעט, small. Class Md, No. I7.]

  1. A very small insect of the genus Acarus.
  2. In Scripture, a small piece of money, the quarter of a denarius, or about seven English farthings. Encyc.
  3. Any thing proverbially very small; a very little particle or quantity. Dryden.
  4. The twentieth part of a grain. Arbuthnot.

MI-TEL'LA, n.

A plant. The name of a genus of plants.

MI'TER, or MI'TRE, n. [It. and Sp. mitra; Fr. mitre; Arm. mintr.]

  1. A sacerdotal ornament worn on the head by bishops and certain abbots, on solemn occasions. Encyc.
  2. In architecture, an angle of 45°. Encyc.
  3. In Irish history, a sort of base money or coin. Encyc.
  4. Figuratively, the dignity of bishops or abbots.

MI'TER, v.t.

  1. To adorn with a miter.
  2. To unite at an angle of 45°.

MI'TER-ED, pp. [or a.]

  1. Wearing a miter.
  2. Honored with the privilege of wearing a miter.
  3. Cut or joined at an angle of 45°.

MITH'IC, a. [See MYTHIC.]