The liberal-hearted man is by the opinion of the prodigal, miserable; and by the judgment of the miserable, lavish.—Hooker, Ecclesiastical Polity, b. v. c. 65.
Miss. Now to be conscious of the loss of, and nearly answering to the Latin ‘desiderare,’ but once to do without, to dispense with.
But as ’tis,
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
Fetch in our wood, and serves in offices
That profit us.
Shakespeare, Tempest, act i. sc. 2.
I will have honest valiant souls about me,
I cannot miss thee.
Beaumont and Fletcher, The Mad Lover, act. ii.