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{ } n. [ F. camisade a night attack; cf. It. camiciata. See Camis. ] [ Obs. ] (Mil.) (a) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. (b) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane. ] 1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub (Adenostoma fasciculatum) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Law) The state of being demisable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Demise. ] (Law) Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Maximization. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. minimization. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To account or reckon wrongly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw out of adjustment. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mesaventure, F. mésaventure. ] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unfortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inadvertence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give bad counsel to. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ill advised. -- Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To dislike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ill disposed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affirm incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not rightly aimed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aligned improperly; not correctly aligned. [ PJC ]

n. The act of aligning improperly or state of being improperly aligned. [ PJC ]

n. A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To state erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mésalliance. ] A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed
A Howard should know it. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wrongly allied or associated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong allotment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who hates men. Contrast misogynist and cf. misandry.
Syn. -- man-hater. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. misei^n to hate + 'andh`r a man. ] Hatred of men. Contrast misogyny and cf. misandrist.
Syn. -- man-hating. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. misa`nqrwpos; misei^n to hate + 'a`nqrwpos a man; cf. F. misanthrope. Cf. Miser. ] A hater of mankind; a misanthropist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. misanthropique. ] Hating or disliking mankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A misanthrope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Misanthrope. ] A misanthrope. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. misanthropie. ] Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy. Orrery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong application. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Misapplied p. pr. & vb. n. Misapplying. ] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Improperly appreciated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By, or with, misapprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust.
Syn. -- embezzled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use. [ 1913 Webster ]