Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIS-PLAC'ING, ppr.

Putting in a wrong place, or on a wrong object.

MIS-PLEAD', v.i.

To err in pleading. Blackstone.

MIS-PLEAD'ING, n.

A mistake in pleading.

MIS-PLEAD'ING, ppr.

Making a mistake in pleading.

MIS-POINT', v.t.

To point improperly; to err in punctuation.

MIS-POINT'ED, pp.

Pointed wrong.

MIS-POL'I-CY, n.

Wrong policy; impolicy.

MIS-PRAC'TICE, n.

Wrong practice. More.

MIS-PRINT', n.

A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy. Ch. Obs.

MIS-PRINT', v.t.

To mistake in printing; to-print wrong.

MIS-PRINT'ED, pp.

Erroneously printed.

MIS-PRINT'ING, n.

The act of printing wrong; a misprint. Baxter.

MIS-PRINT'ING, ppr.

Printing wrong.

MIS-PRISE', v.t. [Fr. meprendre, mepris; mes, wrong, and prendre to take.]

To mistake. Shak.

MIS-PRIS-ION, n. [misprizh'un. supra.]

1. Neglect; contempt.
2. In law, any high offense under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon. Misprision is contained in every treason and felony. Misprisions are divided into negative and positive; negative, which consist in the concealment of something which ought to be revealed; and positive, which consist in the commission of something which ought not to be done. Misprision of treason, consists in a bare knowledge and concealment of treason, without assenting to it. Blackstone. Maladministration in offices of high public trust, is a positive misprision. Ibm.
3. Mistake; oversight; contempt. [Not in use.] Shak.

MIS-PRIZE', v.t. [mis and prize.]

To slight or undervalue. O for those vanished hours, so much misprized. Hillheuse.

MIS-PRO-CEED'ING, n.

Wrong or irregular proceeding. Bacon.

MIS-PRO-FESS', v.t.

To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed. Donne.

MIS-PRO-NOUNCE', v.i. [mispronouns'.]

To speak incorrectly. Milton.

MIS-PRO-NOUNCE', v.t. [mispronouns'.]

To pronounce erroneously; as, to mispronounce a word, a name, &c.

MIS-PRO-NOUN'CED, pp.

Pronounced incorrectly.

MIS-PRO-NUN-CI-A'TION, n.

A wrong or improper pronunciation. Swift.

MIS-PRO-POR'TION, v.t.

To err in proportioning one thing to another; to join without due proportion.

MIS-PRO-POR'TION-ED, pp.

Joined without due proportion.

MIS-PROUD', a.

Viciously proud. [Not used.] Shake.