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"Section M, N, and O"

[Obs.] Chaucer.


Mis*fare" (?), v. i. [AS.
misfaran.] To fare ill. [Obs.] --
n. Misfortune. [Obs.]
Spenser.


Mis*fash"ion (?), v. t. To form
wrongly.


Mis*fea"sance (?), n. [OF. pref.
mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr.
faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.]
(Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an
act which a person might lawfully do.
Bouvier.
Wharton.


Mis*fea"ture (?), n. Ill
feature.
[R.] Keats.


Mis*feel"ing (?), a.
Insensate. [Obs.] Wyclif.


Mis*feign" (?), v. i. To feign
with an evil design.
[Obs.] Spenser.


Mis*fit" (?), n. 1.
The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in
making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.


2. Something that fits badly, as a
garment.


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