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Webster 1913 Edition
Amiss
A-miss′
,adv.
[Pref.
a-
+ miss
.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
What error drives our eyes and ears
amiss
? Shakespeare
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask
amiss
. James iv. 3.
To take (an act, thing) amiss
, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly;
as, you must not
.take
these questions amiss
A-miss′
(ȧ-mĭs′)
, Adj.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper;
as, it may not be
. amiss
to ask advice[Used only in the predicate.]
Dryden.
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is
amiss
in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston.
A-miss′
,Noun.
A fault, wrong, or mistake.
[Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great
amiss
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Amiss
AMISS'
,Adj.
1.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. [This adjective always follows its noun.]2.
adv. In a faulty manner; contrary to propriety, truth, law or morality.Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James 4.
Applied to the body, it signifies indisposed; as, I am somewhat amiss to day.