Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 58
Mistook (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Mistake.
Mistaken (p. p.) of Mistake.
Mistaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistake.
Mistake (v. t.) 弄錯，誤解；把……誤認為 [（+for）] To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] -- Shak.
Mistake (v. t.) 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.
Mistake (v. t.) 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.
Mistake (v. t.) 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.
Mistake (v. i.) 弄錯，搞錯To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
Servants mistake, And sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. -- Swift.
Mistake (n.) 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.
Mistake (n.) (Law) 錯誤，過失；誤會 [C] [U] 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.
Mistake (n.) A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: mistake, error, fault].
Mistake (n.) An understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding -- I don't have a sister" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension].
Mistake (n.) Part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" [syn: error, mistake].
Mistake (v.) Identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" [syn: mistake, misidentify].
Mistake (v.) To make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip].
Mistake, () contracts. An error committed in relation to some matter of fact affecting the rights of one of the parties to a contract.
Mistake, () Mistakes in making a contract are distinguished ordinarily into, first, mistakes as to the motive; secondly, mistakes as to the person, with whom the contract is made; thirdly, as to the subject matter of the contract; and, lastly, mistakes of fact and of law. See Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 110; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Ignorance; Motive.
Mistake, () In general, courts of equity will correct and rectify all mistakes in deeds and contracts founded on good consideration. 1 Ves. 317; 2 Atk. 203; Mitf. Pl. 116; 4 Vin. Ab. 277; 13 Vin. Ab. 41; 18 E. Com. Law Reps. 14; 8 Com. Digest, 75; Madd. Ch. Prac. Index, h.t.; 1 Story on Eq. ch. 5, p. 121; Jeremy's Eq. Jurisd. B. 3, part 2, p. 358. See article Surprise.
Mistake, () As to mistakes in the names of legatees, see 1 Rop. Leg. 131; Domat, l. 4, t. 2, s. 1, n. 22. As to mistakes made in practice, and as to the propriety or impropriety of taking advantage of them, see Chitt. Pr. Index, h.t. As to mistakes of law in relation to contracts, see 23 Am. Jur. 146 to 166.
Mistaken (p. a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.
Mistaken (p. a.) Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
Mistaken (a.) （人）弄錯的，誤解的 [F] [（+about /in）]； （想法等）錯誤的；被誤解的 Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity" [syn: misguided, mistaken].
Mistaken (a.) Arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" [syn: false, mistaken].
Mistakenly (adv.) 錯誤地；被誤解地By mistake. -- Goldsmith.
Mistakenly (adv.) In a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it" [syn: mistakenly, erroneously].
Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.
Compare: Erroneousness
Erroneousness (n.) The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.
Mistakenness (n.) The state or condition of being mistaken.
Mistaker (n.) One who mistakes.
Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. -- Bp. Hall.
Mistaking (n.) An error; a mistake. -- Shak.
Mistaking (n.) Putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking].
Mistakingly (adv.) Erroneously; wrongly.
Mistaught (a.) Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth. -- L'Estrange.
Mistaught (imp. & p. p.) of Misteach.
Misteaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misteach.
Misteach (v. t.) 教錯 To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
Mistold (imp. & p. p.) of Mistell.
Mistelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mistell.
Mistell (v. t.) To tell erroneously.
Mistemper (v. t.) To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head. -- Warner.
This inundation of mistempered humor. -- Shak.
Mister (n.) （通常大寫，且縮寫成Mr.）（用於姓名或職稱前）先生；【口】（可單獨使用的稱呼語）先生 A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
To call your name, inquire your where, Or what you think of Mister Some-one's book, Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. -- Mrs. Browning.
Mister (v. t.) 稱……先生 To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way. [Colloq.]
Mister (n.) A trade, art, or occupation. [Obs.]
In youth he learned had a good mester. -- Chaucer.
Mister (n.) Manner; kind; sort. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
But telleth me what mester men ye be. -- Chaucer.
Mister (n.) Need; necessity. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Mister (v. i.) To be needful or of use. [Obs.]
As for my name, it mistereth not to tell. -- Spenser.
Mister (n.) A form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
Misterm (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to miscall.
Mistery (n.) See Mystery, a trade.
Mistful (a.) Clouded with, or as with, mist.
Misthink (v. i.) 想錯 To think wrongly. [Obs.] "Adam misthought of her." -- Milton.
Misthink (v. t.) 對……印象不好 To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Misthought (n.) Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous. [Obs.]
Misthrow (v. t.) To throw wrongly. Mistic
Mistic (n.) Alt. of Mistico.
Mistico (n.) A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.
Mistide (v. i.) To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [Obs.] Mistigris
Mistigris (n.) Alt. of Mistigri.
Mistigri (n.) A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.
Mistihead (n.) Mistiness. [Obs.]
Mistily (adv.) 霧深地；朦朧地；含糊地 With mist; darkly; obscurely.
Mistily (adv.) In a misty manner; "the summits of the mountains were mistily purple."
Mistily (adv.) In a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily" [syn: vaguely, mistily].
Mistime (v. t.) 估錯……的時間；使不合時宜 To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.
Mistiness (n.) [U] 霧深；朦朧；含糊，不清晰 State of being misty.
Mistion (n.) Mixture. [Obs.]
Mistitle (v. t.) To call by a wrong title.
Mistle (n.) 大鶇 Missel thrush.
Mistle (v. i.) 下濛濛雨 To fall in very fine drops, as rain ; to drizzle.
Compare: Mizzle
Mizzle (n.) 濛濛雨 Mist; fine rain.
Mizzle (v. i.) 下濛濛雨 To rain in very fine drops; to drizzle. -- Spenser.
Mizzle (v. i.) 逃亡 To take one's self off; to go. [Slang]
As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. -- Epigram, quoted by Wright.
Mizzle (n.) Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: drizzle, mizzle].
Mizzle (v.) Rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle].
Compare: Ling
Ling (n.) (Zool.) (a) A large, marine, gadoid fish ({Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
Ling (n.) (Zool.) (b) The burbot of Lake Ontario.
Ling (n.) (Zool.) (c) An American hake of the genus Phycis. [Canada]
Ling (n.) (Zool.) (d) A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
Compare: Drizzle
Drizzle (v. i.) 下毛毛雨To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." -- Spenser.
Syn: mizzle, misle.
Drizzle (v. t.) To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." -- Shak.
Drizzle (n.) 毛毛雨A fine rain or mist. -- Halliwell.
Drizzle (n.) Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower [syn: drizzle, mizzle].
Drizzle (v.) Rain lightly; "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant" [syn: drizzle, mizzle].
Drizzle (v.) Moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten].
Compare: Misle
Misled (imp. & p. p. ) of Misle.
Misling (p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Misle.
Misle (v. i.) To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle; to drizzle. [archaic]
Misle (n.) A fine rain; a thick mist; a mizzle; a drizzle.
Mistletoe (n.) (Bot.) A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe ({Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] -- Lindley. -- Loudon.
Note: The mistletoe of the United States is Phoradendron serotinum (syn. Phoradendron flavescens), having broader leaves than the European kind. In different regions various similar plants are called by this name. The mistletoe is used as a decoration at Christmas time, and it is a tradition that two persons of the oposite sex finding each other under a mistletoe sprig should kiss.
Mistletoe (n.) American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe [syn: mistletoe, false mistletoe].
Mistletoe (n.) Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas [syn: mistletoe, Viscum album, Old World mistletoe].
Mistletoe (n.) Shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks [syn: mistletoe, Loranthus europaeus].
Mistonusk (n.) (Zool.) The American badger.
Compare: Badger
Badger (n.) 【動】獾 [C]；獾皮；獾毛 [U]；【動】【澳】毛鼻袋熊；袋狸 [C]；（大寫）獾州人（美國威斯康辛州人的別稱）[C] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]
Badger (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
Badger (n.) A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Badger dog. (Zool.) See Dachshund.
Badger (v. t.) 困擾；糾纏 [（+into/ with）] [O2] To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Badger (n.) A native or resident of Wisconsin [syn: Wisconsinite, Badger].
Badger (n.) Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
Badger (v.) Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer].
Badger (v.) Persuade through constant efforts.
Mistook () imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.
Mistradition (n.) A wrong tradition.
Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.
Mistral (n.) A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.
Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.
Mistranslation (n.) Wrong translation.
Mistransport (v. t.) To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion.
Mistreading (n.) Misstep; misbehavior.
Mistreat (v. t.) 虐待 To treat amiss; to abuse.
Mistreat (v.) Treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat].
Mistreatment (n.) Wrong treatment.
Mistress (n.) A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc.
Mistress (n.) A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.
Mistress (n.) A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.
Mistress (n.) A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.
Mistress (n.) A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.
Mistress (n.) A married woman; a wife.
Mistress (n.) The old name of the jack at bowls.
Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Mistressship (n.) Female rule or dominion.
Mistressship (n.) Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun.
Mistrial (n.) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.
Mistrist (v. t.) To mistrust.
Mistrow (v. i.) To think wrongly.
Mistrust (n.) Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. -- Milton.
Mistrust (v. t.) To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust.
I will never mistrust my wife again. -- Shak.
Mistrust (v. t.) To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers. -- Shak.
Mistrust (n.) Doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion].
Mistrust (n.) The trait of not trusting others [syn: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust] [ant: trust, trustfulness, trustingness]
Mistrust (v.) Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in [syn: distrust, mistrust, suspect] [ant: bank, rely, swear, trust].
Mistruster (n.) One who mistrusts.
Mistrustful (a.) Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. -- Shak. -- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n.
Mistrustful (a.) Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary].
Mistrustingly (adv.) With distrust or suspicion.
Mistrustless (a.) Having no mistrust or suspicion.
The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. -- Goldsmith.
Mistune (v. t.) To tune wrongly.
Mistura (n.) (Med.) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.
Mistura (n.) (Med.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops. -- Dunglison.
Misturn (v. t.) To turn amiss; to pervert.
Mistutor (v. t.) To instruct amiss.
Misty (a.) 霧的；有霧的；霧氣覆蓋的；淚水迷濛的；朦朧不清的，模糊的 Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
Misty (a.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight; to peer into the misty future.
The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. -- Piers Plowman.
Misty (a.) Filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" [syn: brumous, foggy, hazy, misty].
Misty (a.) Wet with mist; "the misty evening."
Misunderstood (imp. & p. p.) of Misunderstand.
Misunderstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misunderstand.
Misunderstand (v. t.) 誤會；曲解 To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Misunderstand (v.) Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss].
Misunderstander (n.) One who misunderstands. -- Sir T. More.
Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. -- Bacon.
Misunderstanding (n.) 誤解；不和；misunderstand的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." -- Swift.
Misunderstanding (n.) Putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning.
Misunderstanding (n.) An understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension].
Misurato (a.) (Mus.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse. -- Spenser.
Misuse (v. t.) 誤用；濫用；苛待；虐待 To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. -- South.
The sweet poison of misused wine. -- Milton.
Misuse (v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.
O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. -- Shak.
Syn: To maltreat; abuse; misemploy; misapply.