Mis`sug*ges"tion (? or ?), n. Wrong or evil suggestion. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
Mis`sum*ma"tion, n. Wrong summation.
Mis*swear" (?), v. i. To swear falsely.
Mis"sy (?), n. (Min.) See Misy.
Mis"sy, n. An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young
girl; a miss. -- a. Like a miss, or girl.
Mist (mst), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist
dung, Goth. maíhstus, AS. mgan to make water, Icel. mga, Lith. migla
mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, Gr. &?; to make
water, &?; mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist mgha cloud.
√102. Cf. Misle, Mizzle, Mixen.] 1. Visible watery vapor
suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles,
approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.
3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts
vision.
His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Dryden.
Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium cœlestinum), having
heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found
in the Western and Southern United States.
Mist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misted; p. pr. & vb. n. Misting.] To cloud;
to cover with mist; to dim. Shak.
Mist, v. i. To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.
Mis*tak"a*ble (?), a. Liable to be mistaken; capable of being
misconceived. Sir T. Browne.
Mis*take" (ms*tk"), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook (- tk"); p. p.
Mistaken (-tk"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis- + take: cf.
Icel. mistaka.] 1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or
misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke.
My father's purposes have been mistook.
Shak.
3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person
for another.
A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
Johnson.
4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to
misjudge.
Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous.
Shak.
Mis*take", v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment;
to commit an unintentional error.
Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among
friends.
Swift.
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Mis*take" (ms*tk"), n. 1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a
misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional
error of conduct.
Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all
possibility of mistake.
Tillotson.
2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground
for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
No mistake, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed
time, and no mistake. [Low]
Syn. -- Blunder; error; bull. See Blunder.
Mis*tak"en (?), p. a. 1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a
wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.