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To MISFOR'M, v. a. To put in an ill form: 
•ft 
His monllrous fcalp down to his teeth it tore, 
And that misformed fliape misfhaped more. Spenfcr . 
MISFORM'ING,/. The aft of forming amifs. 
MISFOR'TUNE, f. Calamity; ill luck; want of for¬ 
tune.—Fortune thus gan fay, Mifery and misfortune is all 
one; and of misfortune, fortune hath only the gift. Sidney. 
Confider why the change was wrought, 
You’ll find it his misfortune, not his fault. Addifun. 
Misfortune, in law. See Chance, vol. iv. 
MISFOR'TUNED, adj. Unfortunate; attended with 
misfortune.—Charity hath the judging of fo many pri¬ 
vate grievances in a misfortuned wedlock. 31 ilton's Tetra- 
chordon. 
MIS'GAB, [Heb. a high place.] The name of a town. 
To MISGIVE, v. a. To fill with doubt; to deprive of 
confidence. It is uled always with the reciprocal pro¬ 
noun.—His heart mijgave him, that thele w'ere fo many 
meeting-houl’es; but, upon communicating his fulpicions, 
I foon made him eafy. Addifon's Freeholder. 
As Henry’s late prefaging prophefy 
Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, 
So doth my heart mijgive me in thele conflifts 
What may befal him, to his harm or ours. ShakeJ'peare. 
To grant or give improperly or amifs. Not ufual. —I knew 
nothing of any of their liberty mifgiven or mifuled, till 
about a fortnight fince. Ahp. Laud's Rem. 
MISGIV'ING,/! Doubt; difirufl.—If a confidence thus 
qualified and informed be not the meafure by which a 
man may take a true eftimate of his ablolution, the finner 
is left in the plunge of infinite doubts, fulpicions, and 
mifgivings, both a's to the meafures of his prefent duty, 
and the final ilfiues of his future reward. South. 
MISGOT'TEN, adj. Unjuftly obtained.—Leave, fay- 
tor, quickly that mifgotten weft. Spcnfer. 
To MISGOVERN, v. a. To govern ill; to adminifter 
unfaithfully.—Solyman charged him bitterly, that he had 
mifgoverned the Hate, and inverted his treafures to his 
own ufie. Knolles. 
Mifgovern'd both my kingdome and my life, 
I gave myfelf to eafe, to lleepe, and finne. Mir. for Magiji. 
MISGOVERNED, adj. Rude ; uncivilifed : 
Rude mifgovern'd hands from window tops 
Threw dull and rubbilh on king Richard’s head. Shaltefp. 
MISGOV'ERNANCE, f. Irregularity: 
Thy mufe too long flumbereth in lorrowing, 
Lulled alleep through love’s mijgovernance. Spcnfer. 
MISGOVERNING,./! The aft of governing wTong 
©r amifs. 
' MISGOVERNMENT,/ Ill adminiftration of public 
affairs.—Men lay the blame of thole evils whereof they 
know not the ground, upon publick mijgovernment. Ra¬ 
legh's EJfays .—Ill management.—Men are miferable, if 
their education hath been fo undifeiplined, as to leave 
them unfurnillied of Ikill to fpend their time; but moll 
miferable, if fuch mifgovernment and unlkilfulnefs make 
them fall into vicious company. Bp. Taylor .—Irregu¬ 
larity; inordinate ^behaviour: 
There is not chaftity enough in language 
Without offence to utter them : thus, pretty lady, 
I’m forry for thy much mifgovernment. Shakejpeare. 
To MISGRAFF', v. a. To graft amifs. See Graff, 
vol. viii. 
The courfe of true love never did run finooth ; 
But either it w'as different in blood, 
Or elfie viifgraffed in refpeft of years. Shakefpeare. 
MISGRAFTED, adj. Grafted amifs. Bailey. 
MIS 5?1 
To MISGROU'ND, v.a. To found falfely.—Other wife 
this niij'grouuded conceit lhall pals with us as a glofs of 
Burdeaux, that mars the text. Bp. Hall. 
From me no pulpit, no mifgrounded law, 
Nor fcandal taken, lhall this crofs withdraw. Donne. 
MISGUI'DANCE, f. Falfe direftion.—The Nicene 
council fixed, the equinox the twenty-firfl of March for 
the finding out of Falter: which has caufed the mifguid- 
ance from the fun which we lie under in refpedl of.Eafler, 
and the moveable feafts. Holder on Time. —Whofoever de¬ 
ceives a man, makes him ruin himfelf; and bycaufingan 
error in the great guide of his aftion, his judgment, he 
caufes an error in his choice, the mijguidance of which 
mull naturally engage him to his deflruftion. South. 
To MISGUI'DE, v. a. To direft ill; to lead the wrong 
way.—Hunting after arguments to make good one fide of 
a queftion, and wholly to negleft thofe which favour the 
other, is wilfully tcPmifguide the underflanding; and is 
fo far from giving truth its due value, that it wholly de- 
bafes it. Lochc. 
Of all the caufes ivhich confpire to blind 
Man’s erring judgment, an;! mifguide the mind. 
What the weak head with Itrongeft bias rules. 
Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Pope. 
MISGUI'DING,/! The aft of guiding wrong. 
MIS'HAEL, [Heb. enquired after.] A man’s name. 
MI'SHAL, [from the Heb.] A man’s name.- 
MISH'AM, [from the Heb.] A man’s name. 
MISHAP',/ Ill chance; ill luck; calamity.—To tell 
you what miferable mijhaps fell to the young prince of 
Macedon his coufin, I lhould too much fill your ears with 
llrange horrors. Sidney. 
Sir knight, take to you wonted llrength, 
And mailer thefe mijhaps with patient might. Spenfcr. 
To MISHAP'PEN, v. n. To happen ill.—Affraid lead 
to themfelves the like mijhappen might. Spcnfer. 
MISHA'VED, adj. Milbeliaved: 
But like a mijliav'd and a fullen wench. 
Thou pout’ll upon thy fortunes and thy love. Shakefpeare. 
To MISPIE'AR, v. n. To hear imperfeftly : 
It is not fo : thou hall mifipoke, mijhear'd; 
Be well advis’d, tell o’er thy tale again. Shakefpeare. 
MISHER'EBA, a town of Arabia Petraea : 120 miles 
fouth of Calaat el Moilah. 
MISH'MA, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
MISH'MASH, f. A low word. A mingle or hotch¬ 
potch. Johnjbnfrom Ainfworth. —It feems, however, not 
to have been fo contemptible as is infinuated. It is the 
Su. Goth, mijk-majk; Teut. mifeh-mafeh, chaos; mifehen, 
to mix. Nor is our language without good examples of 
the word, though Dr. Johnlon could find none. Todd. — 
Their language [is] a mijh-majh of Arabic and Portu- 
guefe. Herbert's Travels. 
I know the ingredients juft that make them up 
Ali to loofie grains, the fubtlelt volatile atoms, 
With the whole mijh-mujh of their compofition. 
Lee's Princejs of Cleves. 
MISH'RAITE, [from the Heb.] One of a people. 1 Chron. 
MISIA'NO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Ultra : levea. 
miles north of Reggio. 
MISILME'RI, a town of Sicily, in the valley of Ma- 
zara: fix miles fouth-fouth-eall of Palermo. 
MISINA'BE HOU'SE, a llation, or faftory, at the- 
north end of Mifinabe Lake. 
MISINA'BE LAKE, a lake of Canada. Lat. 48. 30. N. 
Ion. 84. 2. W. 
To MISINFER', v. a. To infer wrong.—-Neltorius teach¬ 
ing rightly, that God and man are dillinft natures, did 
thereupon mijinfer, that in Chrift thofe natures can by 
no conjunftion make one perfon. Hooker. 
MISINFER'RING, 
