Definition of amiss

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Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice..

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Mis :: Mis (a. & adv.) Wrong; amiss.
Wrong :: Wrong (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.
Miscreative :: Miscreative (a.) Creating amiss.
Misintend :: Misintend (v. t.) To aim amiss.
Amiss :: Amiss (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice..
Mispraise :: Mispraise (v. t.) To praise amiss.
Miskindle :: Miskindle (v. t.) To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite wrongly.
Misween :: Misween (v. i.) To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken.
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
Miscreate :: Miscreate (v. t.) To create badly or amiss.
Misconsecrate :: Misconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate amiss.
Mistreat :: Mistreat (v. t.) To treat amiss; to abuse.
Mistrain :: Mistrain (v. t.) To train amiss.
Wrongly :: Wrongly (adv.) In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives..
Extramission :: Extramission (n.) A sending out; emission.
Misconduct :: Misconduct (v. i.) To behave amiss.
Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) To give or grant amiss.
Amission :: Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.
Miscopy :: Miscopy (v. t.) To copy amiss.
Mislodge :: Mislodge (v. t.) To lodge amiss.
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