Misurato
(||Mi`su*ra"to) a. [It.] (Mus.) Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured
time.
Misusage
(Mis*us"age) n. [Cf. F. mésusage.] Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser.
Misuse
(Mis*use") v. t. [F. mésuser. See Mis-, prefix from French, and Use.]
1. 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. 2. To abuse; to treat ill.
O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.
Shak. Syn. — To maltreat; abuse; misemploy; misapply.
Misuse
(Mis*use") n.
1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.
Words little suspected for any such misuse.
Locke. 2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] Shak.
Misusement
(Mis*use"ment) n. Misuse. [Obs.]
Misuser
(Mis*us"er) n.
1. One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge.
2. (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier.
Misvalue
(Mis*val"ue) v. t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
But for I am so young, I dread my work
Wot be misvalued both of old and young.
W. Browne. Misvouch
(Mis*vouch") v. t. To vouch falsely.
Miswander
(Mis*wan"der) v. i. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Misway
(Mis*way") n. A wrong way. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Miswear
(Mis*wear") v. t. To wear ill. [Obs.] Bacon.
Miswed
(Mis*wed") v. t. To wed improperly.
Misween
(Mis*ween") v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.
Miswend
(Mis*wend") v. i. To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] "The world is miswent." Gower.
Misword
(Mis*word") v. t. To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.
Misword
(Mis*word"), n. A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [Obs.] Sylvester. Breton.
Misworship
(Mis*wor"ship) n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall.
Such hideous jungle of misworships.
Carlyle.
