Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 58

Mistook (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Mistake

Mistaken (p. p.) of Mistake

Mistaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistake

Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.

Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

Mistake (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

Mistake (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistake (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

Mistaken (p.a.) Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.

Mistakenly (adv.) By mistake.

Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.

Mistaker (n.) One who mistakes.

Mistaking (n.) An error; a mistake.

Mistakingly (adv.) Erroneously.

Mistaught (a.) Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth.

Mistaught (imp. & p. p.) of Misteach

Misteaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misteach

Misteach (v. t.) To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.

Mistold (imp. & p. p.) of Mistell

Mistelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistell

Mistell (v. t.) To tell erroneously.

Mistemper (v. t.) To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head.

Mister (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.

Mister (v. t.) To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way.

Mister (n.) A trade, art, or occupation.

Mister (n.) Manner; kind; sort.

Mister (n.) Need; necessity.

Mister (v. i.) To be needful or of use.

Misterm (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to miscall.

Mistery (n.) See Mystery, a trade.

Mistful (a.) Clouded with, or as with, mist.

Misthink (v. i.) To think wrongly.

Misthink (v. t.) To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of.

Misthought (n.) Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error.

Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.

Misthrow (v. t.) To throw wrongly.

Mistic (n.) Alt. of Mistico

Mistico (n.) A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.

Mistide (v. i.) To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune.

Mistigris (n.) Alt. of Mistigri

Mistigri (n.) A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.

Mistihead (n.) Mistiness.

Mistily (adv.) With mist; darkly; obscurely.

Mistime (v. t.) To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.

Mistiness (n.) State of being misty.

Mistion (n.) Mixture.

Mistitle (v. t.) To call by a wrong title.

Mistle (v. i.) To fall in very fine drops, as rain.

Mistletoe (n.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit.

Mistonusk (n.) The American badger.

Mistook () imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.

Mistradition (n.) A wrong tradition.

Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.

Mistral (n.) A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.

Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.

Mistranslation (n.) Wrong translation.

Mistransport (v. t.) To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion.

Mistreading (n.) Misstep; misbehavior.

Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.

Mistreatment (n.) Wrong treatment.

Mistress (n.) A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.

Mistress (n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.

Mistress (n.) A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.

Mistress (n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.

Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.

Mistress (n.) A married woman; a wife.

Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.

Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

Mistressship (n.) Female rule or dominion.

Mistressship (n.) Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun.

Mistrial (n.) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

Mistrist (v. t.) To mistrust.

Mistrow (v. i.) To think wrongly.

Mistrust (n.) Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

Mistrust (v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.

Mistrust (v. t.) To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.

Mistruster (n.) One who mistrusts.

Mistrustful (a.) Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.

Mistrustingly (adv.) With distrust or suspicion.

Mistrustless (a.) Having no mistrust or suspicion.

Mistune (v. t.) To tune wrongly.

Mistura (n.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.

Mistura (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.

Misturn (v. t.) To turn amiss; to pervert.

Mistutor (v. t.) To instruct amiss.

Misty (superl.) Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

Misty (superl.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight.

Misunderstood (imp. & p. p.) of Misunderstand

Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstand

Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

Misunderstander (n.) One who misunderstands.

Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

Misunderstanding (n.) Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Misurato (a.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.

Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.

Misuse (v. t.) To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

Misuse (v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.

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