Misspend, mis-spend′, v.t. to spend ill: to waste or squander:—pa.t. and pa.p. misspent′.
Misstate, mis-stāt′, v.t. to state wrongly or falsely.—n. Misstate′ment.
Misstep, mis-step′, v.i. to make a false step; to make a mistake.—n. a mistake in conduct, &c.
Missuit, mis-sūt′, v.t. to be unbecoming to.
Missummation, mis-su-mā′shun, n. wrong addition.
Missy. See Missish.
Mist, mist, n. watery vapour seen in the atmosphere: rain in very fine drops: anything that dims or darkens the sight or the judgment.—n. Mist′flow′er, a North American plant of the Aster family, with clusters of blue or violet flowers.—adj. Mist′ful, misty.—adv. Mist′ily.—n. Mist′iness.—adj. Mist′y, full of mist: dim: obscure, not perspicuous.—Scotch mist, a very wetting rain. [A.S. mist, darkness; Ice. mistr, mist, Dut. mist.]
Mistake, mis-tāk′, v.t. to understand wrongly: to take one thing or person for another.—v.i. to err in opinion or judgment.—n. a taking or understanding wrongly: an error.—adjs. Mistak′able; Mistak′en, understood wrongly: guilty of a mistake: erroneous: incorrect.—adv. Mistak′enly.—n. Mistak′ing (Shak.), a mistake.—And no mistake (coll.), without any manner of doubt: without fail; Be mistaken, to make or have made a mistake: to be misunderstood. [M. E. mistaken—Ice. mistaka, to take wrongly—mis-, wrongly, taka, to take.]
Misteach, mis-tēch′, v.t. to teach wrongly.
Mistell, mis-tel′, v.t. to tell wrongly.