Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

mislaymore about mislay

mislay


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mislay  \Mis*lay"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mislaid};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Mislaying}.] 
  1.  To  lay  in  a  wrong  place  to  ascribe  to  a  wrong  source. 
 
  The  fault  is  generally  mislaid  upon  nature.  --Locke. 
 
  2.  To  lay  in  a  place  not  recollected;  to  lose. 
 
  The  .  .  .  charter,  indeed,  was  unfortunately 
  mislaid:  and  the  prayer  of  their  petition  was  to 
  obtain  one  of  like  import  in  its  stead.  --Hallam. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mislay 
  v  :  place  something  where  one  cannot  find  it  again  "I 
  misplaced  my  eyeglasses"  [syn:  {misplace},  {lose}] 




more about mislay