1. Possessing might; having great power or authority.

Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.

Job ix. 4.

2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. "His mighty

works." Matt. xi. 20.

3. Denoting an extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size,

character, importance, consequences, etc. "A mighty famine." Luke xv.

14. "Giants of mighty bone." Milton.

Mighty was their fuss about little matters.

Hawthorne.

Might"y, n.; pl. Mighties (#). A warrior of great force and courage.

[R. & Obs.] 1 Chron. xi. 12.

Might"y, adv. In a great degree; very. [Colloq.] "He was mighty

methodical." Jeffrey.

We have a mighty pleasant garden.

Doddridge.

Mign"iard (?), a. [F. mignard, akin to mignon. See Minion.] Soft;

dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Mign"iard*ise (?), n. [F. mignardise.] Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B.

Jonson.

Mi"gnon (?), a. [F.] See 3d Minion.

Mi"gnon, v. t. To flatter. [R. & Obs.] Danie&?;.

Mi`gnon*ette" (?), n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d

Minion.] (Bot.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with

orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa

it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.

Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper.

Mi*graine" (?), n. [F.] Same as Megrim. -- Mi*grain"ous, a.

Mi"grant (?), a. [L. migrans, p. pr. of migrare. See Migrate.]

Migratory. Sir T. Browne. -- n. A migratory bird or other animal.

Mi"grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Migrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Migrating (?).] [L. migratus, p. p. of migrare to migrate, transfer.]

1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to

residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors

who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.

2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for

feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

Mi*gra"tion (?), n. [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.] The act of

migrating.

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