adv. [ Pref. a- + miss. ] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [ 1913 Webster ]
What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take
a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper;
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Cf. F. amissibilité. See Amit. ] The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. amissibilis: cf. F. amissible. ] Liable to be lost. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amissio: cf. F. amission. ] Deprivation; loss. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]