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Webster 1913 Edition


Missay

Mis-say′

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To say wrongly.
2.
To speak evil of; to slander.
[Obs.]

Mis-say′

,
Verb.
I.
To speak ill.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Missay

MISSA'Y

,
Verb.
T.
To say wrong; to slander. [Little used.]

MISSA'Y

,
Verb.
I.
To speak ill.

Definition 2024


missay

missay

English

Verb

missay (third-person singular simple present missays, present participle missaying, simple past and past participle missaid)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To speak ill of (someone).
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
      The worde gone out she backe againe would call, / As her repenting so to have missayd [...].

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