M I S 
them, or, which is enough, by only remembering them 
the truth of what they themfelves know to be here mij- 
affirmed, they may be kept from entering the third time 
unadvifedly into war and bloodflied. Milton's Eiconoclajl. 
MISA'GNO, a town of Naples, in the province of 
Otranto: nine miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Oil uni, and (even 
fouth-weft of Brindili. 
MISAl'MED, adj. Not aimed rightly i 
The idle ftroke, enforcing furiousway. 
Miffing the mark of his mi/aimed light. 
Did fall to ground. Spwifer. 
MISALLEGA'TION, f. Falfe ftatement.—You have 
compelled me, who have charged me fo unjuftly with mij~ 
allegations. Bp. Morton. 
To MISALLEG'E, v. a. To cite falfely as a proof or 
argument.—[This] is all that Eufebius, by them mif- 
tranflated, and na/alleged by him, [my refuterj requireth. 
Bp. Hall. 
MISALLI'ANCE,/ Improper aflbciation.—Their pur- 
pofe was to ally two things, in nature incompatible, the 
Gothic and the claflic unity ; the, efreft of which mifal- 
liance was to dilcover and expofe the nakednefs of the 
Gothic. Hurd. 
MISALLI'ED, adj. Ill aflociated.—They [the French 
revolutionifts] are a mifallietl and difparaged branch of the 
Houfe of Nimrod. Burke. 
MISAN'DRA, f. [Gr. hater of males.] In botany, the 
generic name given by Commerfon to a plant, which is 
now considered to be the Gunnera plicata of the Linnaean 
fyftem; but as, under Gunnera, we defcribed but one 
foecies, which was the only one known to Linnaeus, we 
fliall now add Commerfon’s plant, referring to the article 
Gunnera, vol. xi. p. no. for the generic characters. 
Mifandra Magellanica; leaves kidney-lhaped, crenate, 
plaited, fmooth and naked, taller than the fruit-bearing 
ftalk. Flowers dioecous. Gathered by Commerfon in 
the Straits of Magellan. Mi’. Menzies brought it from 
Staten Land, near Cape Horn. The root is creeping, 
with long, thick, fimple, downy, fibres. Leaves an inch 
or tw'O wdde, on hairy ftalks, bluntly crenate, fcarcely 
waved, many-ribbed, plaited, very fmooth, except a few 
oecafional tawny bridles on the ribs beneath. Male 
fiowers in a branched loofe bunch, on a folitary flender 
hairy ftalk, taller than the leaves ; female ones on a fepa- 
rate plant, in a denfe, ovate, nearly-feifile, thyrfus, accom¬ 
panied by broad membranous braftes, and much fhorter 
than the leaves. Fruit globoie, red. 
The reafon of this ftrange name, Mifandra, “ the hater 
of males or of male plants,” is not very clear. It feems 
to imply that Commerfon was difpleafed at meeting every¬ 
where with a (uperabundance of the male plants of this 
kind in the Straits of Magellan, and only once with the 
females, fo that he was long unable to judge of the genus ; 
at leaft this appears to be the conjefture of Juftieu. 
MISA'NI, a town of the ifland of Corlica: fix miles 
weft of Cervione. 
MIS'ANTHROPE, Misan'thropist, or Misan'- 
thropos, J. [from the Gr. piau, to hate, and av^pairtx;, 
man.] A hater of mankind.—I am mijdnthropos, and hate 
mankind. Shttkefpeave. 
Alas, poor dean ! his only fcope 
Was to be held a mifanthrope ; 
This into general odium drew him. Swift. 
MISANTHROPIC, or Misanthropical, adj. Hat¬ 
ing mankind. 
MISAN'THROPY, f. Hatred of mankind.—In this 
laft part of his imaginary travels, Swift has indulged a 
mijanthropy that is intolerable. Ld. Orrery on Swift. 
"MISA'PA, a river of Mexico, which runs into the 
Gulf of Mexico in lat. 18. 12. N. 
MISAPPLICATION, /! Application to a wrong pur- 
pofe.—The indiftinftion of many in the community of 
name, or the mij’applicaiion of the aft of one unto an¬ 
other, hath made l’ome doubt thereof. Brown's Vulgar 
Errours. 
Vol. XV. No. 1066. 
M I S 565 
To MISAPPLY', v. a. To apply to wrong purpofes.— 
He that knows, that whitenefs is the name of that colour 
he has obferved in fnow, will not mfapply that word as 
long as he retains that idea. Locke. 
Virtue itfelf turns vice, being mij'applied. 
And vice fometime by aftion’s dignified. SJictkefpeare , 
MISAPPLYING, f. .The aft of applying to a wrong 
purpafe, or ufing in a wrong fenfe. 
To MISAPPREHEN'D, v.a. Not tounderftand rightly A 
•—That your reafonings may lofe none of their force by 
my mijdpprehending or milreprefenting them, I (hall give 
the reader your arguments. Locke. 
MISAPPREHEN'DING, f. The aft of apprehending 
wrong. 
MISAPPREHENSION, f. Miftake ; not right appre- 
henfion.—It is a degree of knowledge to be acquainted 
with the caufes of our ignorance : what we have to fay 
under this head, will equally concern our mfapprehenjions 
and errors. Glanvilte. 
MISA'RA, a town of Egypt, on the left bank of the 
Nile : twelve miles (outh of Melaui. 
To MISASCRFBE, v.a. To afcribe falfely.-—That may 
be mijqferibed to art which is the bare produftion of na¬ 
ture. Boyle. 
MISASCRI'BING, f. The aft of afcribing errone- 
oufly, or falfely. 
To MISASSI'GN, v. a. To affign erroneoufty.-—We 
have not mifafigned the caufe of this phenomenon. Boyle. 
To MISATTEN'D, v.a. To attend (lightly; to di (re¬ 
gard.—They dial 1 recover the mifaUeuded words of Chrift B 
to the fincerity of their true lenie, from manifold contra- 
diftions. Milton. 
MISAVI'SED, adj. Ill advifed : 
Certes ye mifavifed beene t’upbrayd 
A gentle knight with fo unknightly blame. Spenfer. 
To MISBECOM'E, v.a. Not to become; to be un~ 
feemly; not to fuit. — That boldnefs which lads get 
amongft play-fellows, has luch a mixture of rudenefs and 
ill-turn’d confidence, that thole mifbecomirig and difinge- 
nuous ways of (Lifting in the world muft be unlearned to 
make way for better principles. Locke. 
Portius, thou may’ft rely upon my conduft ; 
Thy father will not aft what mijbecomes him. Addifon. 
MISBECOM'INGNESS, J\ Unbecomingnefs.—Moral 
failings, whofe unfitnefs or mijbecomingncjs makes all the 
guilt. Boyle againjl Swearing. 
MISB'EGOT', or Misbegot'ten, adj. Unlawfully or 
irregularly begotten i 
The mijbegotlcn infant grows. 
And, ripe for birth, diltends with deadly throes 
The fwelling rind with unavailing ftrife, 
To leave the wooden womb, and pu(hes into life. Drydcn. 
To MISBEHA'VE, v.n. To aft ill or improperly. 
To MISBEHA'VE, v.a. To conduft ill or improperly. 
•—Spirits who have mijbehaved themfelves. Jortin. 
MISBEHA'VED, adj. Untaught; ill-bred; uncivil; 
Happinefs courts thee in her beft array ; 
But, like a mijhehav'd and fallen wench. 
Thou pout’d upon thy fortune and thy love. Shakefpeare . 
MISBEHA'VING, f. The aft of behaving in a wrong 
manner. 
MISBEHA'VIOUR,y! Ill conduft; bad praftice.—The 
viijbehaviour of particular perfons does not at all alfeft their 
caufe, fince a man may aft laudably in fome relpefts, who 
does not fo in others. Addfon's Freeholder . 
MISBELIE'F, j\ Falfe religion; a wrong belief 5 
I, that have fold fuch as profefs’d the faith 
That I was born i,n to captivity. 
Will make their number equal that I (hall 
Deliver from the oar; and win as many, 
By the clearnefs of my actions, to look on 
Their mijbelief, and loath it. Mafinger's Hcnegado. 
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