Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: MIS-COR-RECT' – MIS-DE-SCRIB'ED
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MIS-COR-RECT', v.t.
To correct erroneously; to mistake in attempting to correct another. He passed the first seven years of his life at Mantua, not seventeen, as Scandler miscorrects his author. Dryden.
MIS-COR-RECT'ED, pp.
Mistaken in the attempt to correct.
MIS-COUN'SEL, v.t.
To advise wrong. Spenser.
MIS-COUN'SEL-ED, pp.
Wrongly advised.
MIS-COUN'SEL-ING, ppr.
Advising wrongly.
MIS-COUNT', n.
An erroneous counting or numbering.
MIS-COUNT', v.i.
To make wrong reckoning. Bp. Patric.
MIS-COUNT', v.t.
To count erroneously; to mistake in counting.
MIS-COUNT'ED, pp.
Counted erroneously.
MIS-COUNT'ING, ppr.
Counting incorrectly.
MIS'CRE-ANCE, or MIS'CRE-AN-CY, n. [See Miscreant.]
Unbelief; false faith; adherence to a false religion. [Obs.] Spenser.
MIS'CRE-ANT, n. [Fr. mécréant; Norm. mescreaunt; mes, wrong, and creance, belief, from L. credens, credo.]
- An infidel, or one who embraces a false faith.
- A vile wretch; an unprincipled fellow. Addison
MIS-CRE-ATE', or MIS-CRE-AT'ED, a.
Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. [Obs.] Spenser.
MIS-CRE-A'TIVE, a.
Tending to wrong creation. Shelley.
MIS-DATE', n.
A wrong date.
MIS-DATE', v.i.
To date erroneously.
MIS-DAT'ED, pp.
Dated erroneously.
MIS-DEED', n.
An evil deed; a wicked action. Evils which our own misdeeds have done. Milton.
MIS-DEEM', v.t.
To judge erroneously; to misjudge; to mistake in judging. Spenser.
MIS-DEEM'ED, pp.
Erroneously judged.
MIS-DEEM'ING, ppr.
Judging or thinking erroneously.
MIS-DE-MEAN', v.t.
To behave ill. Shak.
MIS-DE-MEAN'OR, n.
- Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault; mismanagement. South.
- In law, an offense of a less atrocious nature than a crime. Crimes and misdemeanors are mere synonymous terms; but in common usage, the word crime is made to denote offenses of a deeper and more atrocious dye, while small faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of misdemeanors. Blackstone.
MIS-DE-RIVE', v.t.
To err in deriving.
MIS-DE-SCRIB'ED, a.
Erroneously described.