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Show MI MI ftopped the fource of thefe unhappy mifdemeanors Woodward for which thc punithment was fent Mispevo' T1ON. #. /. [mis and dewvotion. Mlfldken piety churc kne not Misp1i'et. #. / per food heav' know [mis and diez. ‘NGUISH Mispis :{/J,zz;f'g-;(.y7a. T Impro @w. a mak employing the advantages which God had throw into their lap, provoked him to withdraw them Atterbury A not yet Donne A dropiy Ln"\w h his fleth did flow Which by mifdiet dail lygreater grew. Fuairy Qm T They grew diffolute and prophane¢ and by :i/ MiseMPLO'YMENT. n. /. [mis an ployment. Improper (LPP]]CHUOH A place, where mifdevotion frame A thoufand prayers to faints, whofe very name Th [mi wron Mi'ser M1spo' wron . a To d and I endure the 1mn‘ Loth to acknowledge but more loth to part. Dryd Mispo'Er. z. /. [from mifdo. A fender ; a criminal; a malefaCtor of 7. /- [from mifio. Offence deviation from right Th is, to think ourfelves fafe fo long a worf we keep our injuries from the knowledge of men and out of our own view, without any awe of tha With an untitled tyrant, bloody fcepter'd When fhalt thou fee thy wholefome days again bbahd)cm Mot miferable is the defire that's glorious doubt. If the only mifdoubted me, 1 were in heaven; fo quicklyI w ould bring fufficient affurance. Sidney 1 do no rifdoubt my wife, but I would be lot to turn them both together; a man may be to nfident Shake[peare [be bird that hath been limed in a buth With trembling wings mifdoubteth every Luih And I, the haplefs mazle to one fweet bu Have now the fatal objeét in my eye Where my poor younz was lim'd, was caught, an killd Shakefpeare's Henry V1 If you mifdoubt me that T am not he not ho I fhall affure you farther Shakefp To believe his wiles my truth can move Is to mifdoubt my reafon or my love D;-_;wi':z; Mispo'uBT 1 uufplcm 2. / o [mis and doubr.] crim o GHU'TCF He cannot fo precifely weed J]isiand There will be a future ftate, and then how mifer able is the voluptuous unbeliever left in the lurch South What hopes delude thee, miferable man ® Dryden Wretched ; worthlefs Miferable comforters are ye all 7005 %Y1 % 3. Culpably parfimonious ftingy I low language 4. Defpicable ; wretched; mean: as, miferable per/fon MI1'SERABLENESS. #. /. [from miferable. State of mifery M1'SERARLY. adw. [from miferable. 1. Unhappily ; calamhoufl Of the five employe quarrelled That, plucking to unfix an enemy He doth unfaften fo and thake a friend hange fourth Shakefp hefitation York, fteel t‘]y fearful thoughts And ch‘.ngrc mifdoubt to refolution MISE. n. /. [French. lffue 2 Shake[peare Law term Diz What's more mifcrable than difcontent ? bmz/\"t) 2 o M1semPLO Y. w. a. [mis and empiy. To uwfe to wrong purpoies Their frugal fathers gains they mi fi/np/f) And turn to point and pearl, and ev'ry female toy J)Iydl Some taking things upo traft, » ifemploy thei power by lazily enflavmg their mind of others I'hat vain an foolit Ployed on temporal objeéls hope to the dictate Locke whic is mifem produces many f{orrows Addifon's Spectator b one of which wa him tw o the flain an th othe for it; the third drowned himfelf; th though rich, came to beg his bread ; an the fifth was wiferably ftabbed to dum Wretchedly ; meanly South As the love T bear you makes me thus invit you, fo the fame love makes me afhamed to brin you to }ll \‘I\Ln 3. Covetoufly M1'sErRY. #n. f French. cauf of mi 3 y m fh( H be to, not Ilmlx fcarcely think our n'jwlfs our foes The gods from heav'n fune/ the fatal f And mourn the miferies of human life //)‘(/u/ [From mifer.] Covetoufnefs; avarice Not in ufe. Mifer now fignifies no an unbhappy, but a covetous man; ye mifery now fignifies not covetoufne/s bu unhappinefs He look'd upon things precious, as they wer The common muck o' th' world: he covets lef Than mifery itfelf would give. Shakefpeare's Coriol In a fabrick of forty thoufand pourds charge, wifh thirty pounds laid out before in an exa& model; for a little wifery may eafily breed fome abfurdity of ~ greater charge Wotton Miseste'eM 7. f [mi an efleem. Difregard; flight Zo Misra'se10oN. v. a. [misand fafbion. To form wrong A thing in reafon impoffible thorough their misfflv'wui preconceit, appeared unto them no lef certain tha if natur ha written it in the ver foreheads ot all the creatures of God Hakewill To Misro'RM. w. a. [mis any form. put in an ill form His monftrous fcalp down to his teeth it tore And tl"dt misformed fhape misfltaped mores Spenfer MisFo'RTUNE. #. /. [mis and fortune. Calamity; ill luck; want of good for tune Fortune thus *gan fay, mifer and misfortune i all one And of misfortune, fortune hath only the gxrt Sidneye What world's delight, or joy of living fpeech Can heart fo plung'd in fea of forrows deep And heaped with fo huge misfortunes reach? A\.pt',f/:f)' S/‘amf eare As his mifdoubts prefent occafion His foes are {o enrooted with his friends 2, Irrefolution to extremity ; on O nation miferable Dk /'r ange 1 kno covetou M1'SERABLE. adj. [miferable, Fr. mifer Lat. Unhappy ; calamitous ; wretched all-feeing eye that obferves all our mifdoing 70 M1spo'vsT. @w. a. [mis an To fufpe& of deceit or danger wretc Shake[peare Though fhe be dearer to my foul than ref To weary pilgrims, or to mifers gold Rather than wrong Caftaiio I'd foxgct her. Orway No filver faints by dying mifers giv'n Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n But fuch plain roofs as piety could raife And only vocal with the Maker's praife Pope Were thcy not cnnmmd in dutyawjth a fear o law, which infliketh fharp pnni*'?* w8ty to mifdoers no man fhould cn_,oy any thing. $penfer on Ireland "Mispo'ING to carry with you the woful word who in wealth makes himfelf miferabl by the fear of poverty. This is the onl fenfe now in ufe Milton's Paradife Regain'd 1 have mifdone [mifer, Lfltm Decrepit mifer | bafe ignoble wretch 3. 2. Calamity ; misfortune fPr Hale's Origin of Manki I am defcended of a gentler blood eafy to forget t language than to part entirely with thofe temper wl,uch we learnt in mifery Law W A wretch; a mean fellow To commit faults Perhaps it may be found mor I wifh that it may not pfove fome ominous foretoken of misfortune to have met with fuch a mife as I am Sidrey Fair fon of Mars, that feek with warlike fpoi And great atchieve muxts, glmt your felf to makv Vouchfafe to fta fake Hooker Try the erring {ou Not wilfully mifdoing, but unawar Mifled w'fiml Sidney Afford me place to fhew what recompenc T wards thee I intend for what 1 have mifdone Milton w. an "When we our betters fee bearing ou ofa mifer now defpairing ; neither be afraid to appear before hu, bwm,g the bafe title of the fender ; to commit Zo Mispo' 2 Do not di}'kl.x diftinc [mis and ds. expence em 1. A wretched perfon; one overwhelme with calamity an fiinguifb that w net be denie improviden their time and faculties tons If we imagine a difference where the re is none becaufe we diftinguifth where we fhould not, i ma Confider why the change was wrought You'll find it his misfortune, not his favlt. 4ddifo To M1sGI'VE. v. a. [mis and give. T fill with doubt; to deprive of confi dence It is ufed always with the reciprocal pronoun As Henry's late prefaging prophef Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond So doth my heart mi[giwe me in thefe conflict ‘What may befall hxm, to his harm or o Shak This is ftrange I\T Who hathy got th ]VCnt/)nlg/ ,) J}'L- ht Anne f‘:,}) f/'u/) )/J"/I/- Vet oft his heart divine of fomethingg ill 7"]0'47:@ bim Milton His heart mifgave bim, that thefe were fo man meeting-houfes; but, u 1g his fuf picions, I foon made him eafy ddlifon 51/ ebol Misc1'vinG.z. /. [from mifgive. | Doubt diftruft If a confcience thus qua ified and informed weafure by which a man ma not t eftimate of hi infinit o plnm abifolution b take a tru finner is left in th i‘ul‘l\i;lfizvs‘ and doubts to the meafure of l\x, prefen giwvings, both a duty, and the final iffues of his future reward ‘"'.','Il'/:'.v [miferia Latin; wfiw Wretchednefs ; unhappinefs My heart is drown'd with grief; My bodv round engirt with mifery To M1sco'VERN. @. a. [mis and gowvers. To govern 1ll adminifter unhmn Happinefs, in its full extent, is the utmoit nl fure we are capable of, and mifery the utmoft pai [J'»Ki fully Sol Shakefpeare gove OWI ged him bitterly, that he ha d the ftatey and inverted his trea 1ur 1a c uli€ stc;o"\'FR;\'rD adj Rude ; uncivilied [fro |