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"Section M, N, and O"


2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure;
clouded; as, misty sight.


The more I muse therein [theology],

The mistier it seemeth.
Piers Plowman.


Mis*un`der*stand"
(m&ibreve;s*ŭn`d&etilde;r*stănd"), v.
t.
[imp. & p. p. Misunderstood (-
st&oocr;d"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Misunderstanding.] To misconceive; to mistake; to
miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.


Mis*un`der*stand"er (-&etilde;r), n.
One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.


Mis*un`der*stand"ing, n.
1. Mistake of the meaning; error;
misconception.
Bacon.


2. Disagreement; difference of opinion;
dissension; quarrel.
"Misunderstandings among friends."
Swift.


||Mi`su*ra"to (mē`s&oomac;*rä"t&osl;),
a. [It.] (Mus.) Measured; -- a
direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.


Mis*us"age (m&ibreve;s*ūz"&asl;j),
n.


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