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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.
MISSA'Y
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
missay
missay
English
Verb
missay (third-person singular simple present missays, present participle missaying, simple past and past participle missaid)
- (transitive, archaic) To speak ill of (someone).
- (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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Translations
to say something wrongly
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