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Show M1§ MIS MI co an [m a w V ' C O s M 7 . nc Fr MI'SCHIEF. #. /. [mefchef; ol f fa ha t g u s m T ve ce in3. Harm ; hurt; whatever is ill an for better is a mifchief than an inconvenience Spenfer on Ireland Qu the Come you murth'ring minjfters ‘Wherever in your fightlefs fubftance Shakefpe Mafbc:b You wait on nature's mifghicf Pfal. lii. 2 Thy tongue devifeth mifchiefs Was I the caufe of mifchiefy or the man Dryden Whofe lawlefs luft the fatal war began 2. Il confequence; vexatious affair States call in foreigners to aflift them againft common enemy; but the mifchief was, thefe allie would never allow that the common enemy wa Sawift fubdued 7o M1'scHIEF. @. 4. [from the noun. To hurt ; to harm; to injure If the greateft inward heat b meeknefs, or not governed b bring to our fouls any benefit them not fweetened b prudence, can i rather it mifchief Spratt's Sermons M sCHIEFMAKER. 7z /. [from mifchie One who caufes mifchief and make. MiscHIEF-MAKING. adj. Caufing harm Come not thou with miftbief-making beauty To interpofe between us, look not on him. Rowe 1 [from mifchief. Harmful ; hurtful ; deftruétive; noxious; pernicious; injurious; wicked ufed both of perfons and things This falfe, wily, doubling difpofition is intolerSouth's Sermons ably mifchiezous to fociety I'm but a half-frain'd villain yet Dryden But mongrel mifchievous He had corrupted or deluded moft of his fervants, telling them that their mafter was run mad that he had difinherited his heir, and was going t fettle his eftate upon a parifh-boy; that if he di not look after their mafter he would do fome ver Arbutbnot's Hifpe of ¥+ Bull mifchizwous thing Ainfworth 2. Spiteful ; malicious Mi'scaievousLy. adv. [from mifchief. Noxioufly; hurtfully; wickedly To work more mifchievonfly flow And plundered firft, and then deftroy'd. Dryden Mi1'scuiEvoUsNESs. . /. [from mifchievous.] Hurtfulnefs; pernicioufnefs; wickednefs Compare the harmleflnefs, the tendernefs, th modefty, and the ingenuous pliablenefs, which i in youth, with the mifchicvoufncfs, the flynefs, th ¢raft, the impudence, the falfehood, and the confirmed obftinacy found in an aged, long-praétife South's Sermons finner Latin. mifceo Acid fpirits are fubtile liquors which come ove in diftillations, not inflammable, ifcible with waArbuthnot Miscita'tioN. 7. /. [mis and citation. Unfair or falfe quotation Being charged with wmifvitation and unfair dealing, it was requifite to fay fomething; honefty i a tender peint Collier To Misci'TE. @. a. [mis and cite. quot 'T wrong MisciLa"sm. n f. [mis and claim. taken claim Mif Error, mifclaim and forgetfulnefs, become fuitor for forne remiffion of extreme rigour Bacon Miscomrura'rioN. n. /. [mi Falfe reckoning putation. and com It was a geneyal misfortune and mifcomputation o that time, that the party had fo good an opinio of their own reputation and intereft w Clarenden fo muc to overthro contend, as to yield the juft and reafonable caufes of thofe things, which for want of due confideration heretofore, they mi/Hooker conceived Mifconceived Joan of Arc hath bee A virgin from her tender fancy. Shakefp. Hen. V1 n. J. [mis and conMi1scoONCE'IT ceit, and concepMisCONCE PTION tion.] Falfe opinion ; wrong notion The other which inftead of it we are required t accept is only by error and mifconceit named th ordinance of Jefus Chrift; no one proof being a yet brought forth, whereby it may clearly apHooker pear to be fo in very deed It cannot be that our knowledge fhould be othe than an heap of mifconception and error. Glanwille Great errors and dangers refult out of a mifconception of the names of things. Harwey on Confump 1t will be a great fatisfaction to fee thofe piece of moft ancient hiftory, which have been chiefl preferved in fcripture, confirmed anew, and free trom thofe mifconceptions or mifreprefentation which made them fit uneafy upon the fpirits eve Burnet's Theory of the Earth of the beft men Misco'npucT. #. Jf. [mis and condui?. Il behaviour; ill management They are induftrioufly proclaimed and aggravate by fuch as are guilty or innocent of the fame flip Addifon or mifcondué?s in their own behaviour It highly concerned them to refle&, how grea obligations both the memor of their paft mifcon dué?, and their prefent advantages laid on them to walk with care and circumfpection Rogers's Sermons 7o Misconpu'crt. @. 4. [mis and condust. 'To manage amifs; to carry o wrong MisconJE'CTURE. . /. [mis and conjecture.] A wrong guefs 70 MiscoNJE'CTURE But like a harden'd felon took a prid ter with who is no I hope they will plaufibly receive our attempts or candidly corre€t our mifconjcétures Brown Nor was the cruel deftiny conten Tofweep at once her life and beauty too Mi'sciBLE. adj. [fro Pofiible to be mingled endeavou @. a. [misand con Jjefture. 'To guefs wrong MisconsTrRU'CTION. 7. /. [mis and conSruttion. Wrong interpretation o words or things Itpleas'd the king his mafter very latel To ftrike at me upon his mifconftruétion When he conjunét, and flatt'ring his difpleafure Tript me behind Shakefps King Lear Others conceive the literal acceptation to be mifconfiruction of the fymbolical expreffion. Brozom Thofe words were very weakly inferted wher _thcy are fo liable to mifconfiruction Stilling fleet Zo Misco'NSTRUE. @, a. [mis an Srue. 'To interpret wrong con That which by rightexpofition buildeth up Chri ftian faith, being mifconfirucd breedeth error; between true and falfe conitruction the difference reafon muft fhew Hooker We would have had you hear The manner and the purpofe of his treafons That you might well have Gignified the fam Unto the citizens, who, haply, ma Mifcorffrue us in him. Shake[peare's Rich. 111 Many of the unbelieving Ifraclites would bhav mifconfirued this fory of mankind Raleigh Do not, great Sir, mifconflrue his intent Nor call rebellion what was prudent care To guard himfelf by neceffary war Dryden A virtuous emperor was much affliGed to fin his actions mifconfirued and defam'd by a party f]dt/ifizn MisconTi'NUANCE. 2. /. [mis and continyance. ] Ceflation ; intermifion wud e g that is begun with reafo Will come by ready means unto his en Ne let falfe whifpers, breeding hidden fears Break gentle fleep with mifconceived doubt. Spenfe The law in that cafe punifheth the thought [mi Jel.] 'To advife wrong. Every thi notion of jurioufly done Mi'scu1Evous. adj To M1scO'UNSEL. . 4 Bu things mifcounfelled muft needs m ,fwen Spc@f}, T Misco'unrt. @. a. [mefeount ry -Fr mis and count. To reckon wro ng MI:SCREANCE. } n. /. [from meferean MiscrEANCY o mefcroiance B Unbelief; falfe faith; adherenc' falfe religion If theu wilt renounce thy miftreance An m true liegeman yield thyfelf for ay Life will I grant thee for thy valiance, § trJer T'he more ufual gaufes of deprivation are m rder man-f{laughter, herefy, chrean{y, atheifm, fimony 4'bfif MI'SCREANT #./. [mefereant, Fr. 1. One that holds a falfe faith; one yj believes in falfe gods Their prophets juitl adulterou feed an condemne a wicke them z generation o creants, which had forfaken the living Gody Hoy 2. A vile wretch Now by Apollo, king Thou fwear'ft thy gods in vain - vaflal ! mifcreant Shakefpeare's King Lur If extraordinary lenity proves ineffectual, thof mifcreants ought to be made fenfible that our fitution is armed with force MiscrEA'TE MiscrEA'TED Addifor's Freehlds } adj. [mis and created Forme unnatural or illegitimately; made as by a blunde of nature Then made he head againft his enemies And Ymner flew or Logris mifcreate. Fairy Quea Eftfoons he took that mifcreated fair And that falfe other fprite, on whom he fprea Sperfer .A feeming body of the fubtile air God forbid, my lord That you fhould faihion, wreft, or bow your re ing With opening titles mifcreate, whofe righ Suits not in native colours with the truth Mispe'en Shakfpear Bi [mis and deed. #. / a&tion O God If thou wilt be aveng'd on my ifdeeds Yet execute thy wrath on me alone Shakefpeir Evils, which our own :ifdeeds have wrought Milts Chas'd from athrone, abandon'd, and exil For foul mifdecds were punifhments too mil D'ydfl To M1sDEEM. . 4. [mis and deem.] T judge ill of ; to miftake All unweeting an enchanter ba His fenfe abus'd, and made him to my?z'ee{ My loyalty, not fuch as it did feem. Fairy Quet Befides, were we unchangeable in will And ofa wit that nothing could mifdeen Equal to God, whofe wifdom fhineth ftil t Daw ee ef ve fe ou h mi w And never errs 7o M1sDEME AN T v, a. [mis and demeat behave ill. From frailt And want of wifdom, you, that beft fhould teacht Have mifdemean'd yourfelf MispEME ANOR 2. f Shakefpe Hey VI [mis and demear Offence; ill behaviour; tbmethipgkr than an atrocious crime The houfe of commons have only power to:" fure the members of their own houfe, in pa cle&ion or mifdemeanars, in o towards tha ) lof Tt is no real difgrace to the church mexd)fmé her privileges, but to forfeit them by hersBe, niifdemeanor | s Thefe could never have touched the |
