Defn: A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
AMISSIBILITY
A*mis`si*bil"i*ty, Etym: [Cf. F. amissibilité. See Amit.]
Defn: The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [R.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.
AMISSIBLE
A*mis"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. amissibilis: cf. F. amissible.]
Defn: Liable to be lost. [R.]
AMISSION
A*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. amissio: cf. F. amission.]
Defn: Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
AMIT A*mit", v. t. Etym: [L. amittere, amissum, to lose; a (ab) + mittere to send. See Missile.]
Defn: To lose. [Obs.]
A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T.
Browne.
AMITOSIS
Am`i*to"sis, n. [NL. See A-not, and Mitosis.] (Biol.)