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| MISDIAL | | v. (also absol.) (-ll-; us -l-) dial (a telephone number etc.) Incorrectly. | |
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| MISFIRE | | —v. (-ring) 1 (of a gun, motor engine, etc.) Fail to go off or start or function smoothly.
- (of a plan etc.) Fail to have the intended effect. —n. Such failure. | |
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| MISGIVE | | v. (-ving; past -gave; past part. -given) (of a person's mind, heart, etc.) Fill (a person) with suspicion or foreboding. | |
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| MISHEAR | | v. (past and past part. -heard) hear incorrectly or imperfectly. | |
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| MISLEAD | | v. (past and past part. -led) cause to infer what is not true; deceive. misleading adj. [old english] | |
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| MISREAD | | v. (past and past part. -read) read or interpret wrongly. | |
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| MISRULE | | —n. Bad government; disorder. —v. (-ling) govern badly. | |
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| MISSILE | | n. - object or weapon suitable for throwing at a target or for discharge from a machine.
- weapon directed by remote control or automatically. [latin mitto miss- send] | |
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| MISSING | | adj. - not in its place; lost.
- (of a person) not yet traced or confirmed as alive but not known to be dead.
- not present.
- link n. - thing lacking to complete a series.
- hypothetical intermediate type, esp. Between humans and apes. | |
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| MISSION | | n. - a task or goal assigned to a person or group. B journey undertaken as part of this. C person's vocation.
- military or scientific operation or expedition.
- body of persons sent to conduct negotiations or propagate a religious faith.
- missionary post. [latin: related to *missile] | |
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