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mis-set, v.|mɪsˈsɛt|
[mis-1 1. Cf. MDu. missetten, missitten, OHG. missisezzen.]
1. trans. To set in a wrong place, misplace.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1210 Many a worde I ouer skipte In my tale for pure Fere Lest my wordys mys-sette were. a1626Bacon Charge Sess. Verge (1662) 7 If..that Boundary of Suits be taken away or mis-set, where shall be the end?
2. To put out of humour, ‘upset’. Sc.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. xxii, In recompence for his missettand saw, He sall ȝour hest in euerie part proclame. 1567Satir. Poems Reform. iv. 12 In tyme be war fra ainis the work misset hir. 1790J. Fisher Poems 143 (E.D.D.), I..did's she bade, wha durst mis-set her? 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf iii, I did not say frighted, now—I only said mis-set wi' the thing. 1818― Hrt. Midl. xviii, Our minnie's sair mis-set. |