Mispersuade
(Mis`per*suade") v. t. To persuade amiss.
Mispersuasion
(Mis`per*sua"sion) n. A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More.
Mispickel
(Mis*pick"el) n. [G.] (Min.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.
Misplace
(Mis*place") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misplaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Misplacing ] To put in a wrong
place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
Misplacement
(Mis*place"ment) n. The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.
Misplead
(Mis*plead") v. i. To err in pleading.
Mispleading
(Mis*plead"ing), n. (Law) An error in pleading.
Mispoint
(Mis*point") v. t. To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
Mispolicy
(Mis*pol"i*cy) n. Wrong policy; impolicy.
Mispractice
(Mis*prac"tice) n. Wrong practice.
Mispraise
(Mis*praise") v. t. To praise amiss.
Misprint
(Mis*print") v. t. To print wrong.
Misprint
(Mis*print"), n. A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints.
Misprise
(Mis*prise") v. t. See Misprize. [Obs.] Shak.
Misprise
(Mis*prise"), v. t. [OF. mesprise mistake, F. méprise, fr. mespris, masc., mesprise, fem., p.
p. of mesprendre to mistake; F. méprendre; pref. mes- amiss + prendre to take, L. prehendere.] To
mistake. [Obs.] Shak.
Misprision
(Mis*pri"sion) n. [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF.
mespris contempt, F. mépris. See 2d Misprise, Misprize, Prison.]
1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [Archaic] Fuller.
The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion.
Hare. 2. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Law) A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
In its larger and older sense it was used to signify "every considerable misdemeanor which has not a
certain name given to it in the law." Russell.
In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: - -
1. Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person
cognizant thereof. Stephen. 2. Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person
cognizant thereof. Stephen.
Misprize
(Mis*prize") v. t. [OF. mesprisier to deprise, F. mépriser; pref. amiss, wrong (L. minus less +
LL. pretium price. See price, Prize, v.] To slight or undervalue.
O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized!
Hillhouse.
I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize.
Mrs. Browning.
