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.]

  1. An infidel, or one who embraces a false faith.
  2. 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.

  1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault; mismanagement. South.
  2. 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.