2. To derive erroneously.

Mis`de*scribe" (?), v. t. To describe wrongly.

Mis`de*sert", n. Ill desert. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mis`de*vo"tion (?), n. Mistaken devotion.

Mis*di"et (?), n. Improper diet. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mis*di"et, v. t. To diet improperly.

Mis*dight" (?), a. Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.

[Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Mis`di*rect" (?), v. t. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect

a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. Shenstone.

Mis`di*rec"tion (?), n. 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state

of being so directed.

2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.

Mozley & W.

Mis*dis`po*si"tion (?), n. Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall.

Mis`dis*tin"guish (?), v. t. To make wrong distinctions in or

concerning. Hooker.

Mis`di*vide" (?), v. t. To divide wrongly.

Mis`di*vi"sion (?), n. Wrong division.

Mis*do" (ms*d"), v. t. [imp. Misdid (?); p. p. Misdone (?); p. pr. &

vb. n. Misdoing.] [AS. misdn. See Do, v.]

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