Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIS'CITE, v.t.

To cite erroneously or falsely.

MIS-CIT-ED, pp.

Quoted wrong.

MIS-CLAIM, n.

A mistaken claim or demand. Bacon.

MIS-COM-PU-TA'TION, n.

Erroneous computation; false reckoning. Clarendon.

MIS-COM-PUTE, v.t.

To compute or reckon erroneously.

MIS-COM-PUT-ED, pp.

Reckoned erroneously.

MIS-COM-PUT-ING, ppr.

Reckoning erroneously.

MIS-CON-CEIT, or MIS-CON-CEP'TION, n.

Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong notion or understanding of a thing. Great errors and dangers result from a misconception of the names of things. Harvey.

MIS-CON-CEIVE, v.t. [or v. i.]

To receive a false notion a opinion of any thing; to misjudge; to have an erroneous understanding of any thing. To yield to others just and reasonable causes of those things which, for want of due consideration heretofore, they have misconceived. Hooker

MIS-CON-CEIV-ED, pp.

Wrongly understood; mistaken.

MIS-CON-CEIV-ING, ppr.

Mistaking; misunderstanding.

MIS-CON'DUCT, n.

Wrong conduct; ill behavior; ill management. Addison.

MIS-CON-DUCT', v.i.

To behave amiss.

MIS-CON-DUCT', v.t.

To conduct amiss; to mismanage.

MIS-CON-DUCT'ED, pp.

Ill managed; badly conducted.

MIS-CON-DUCT'ING, ppr.

Mismanaging; misbehaving.

MIS-CON-JEC'TURE, n.

A wrong conjecture or guess.

MIS-CON-JEC'TURE, v.t. [or v. i.]

To guess wrong.

MIS-CON-JEC'TUR-ED, pp.

Guessed wrong.

MIS-CON-SE-CRA'TION, n.

Wrong consecration.

MIS-CON-STRUC'TION, n.

Wrong interpretation of word or things; a mistaking of the true meaning; as, a misconstruction of words or actions.

MIS-CON'STRUE, v.t.

To interpret erroneously either words or things. It is important not to misconstrue the Scripture. Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. Dryden. A virtuous emperor was much affected to find his actions misconstrued. Addison.

MIS-CON'STRU-ED, pp.

Erroneously interpreted.

MIS-CON'STRU-ER, n.

One who makes a wrong interpretation.

MISCON'STRU-ING, ppr.

Interpreting wrongly.