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单词 mislay
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mislayv.

Brit. /(ˌ)mɪsˈleɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈleɪ/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle mislaid;
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and lay v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, lay v.1
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + lay v.1 Compare Dutch misleggen, Old Icelandic misleggja.
1.
a. transitive. To lay, place, or set wrongly; to err in placing (a thing). Also figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place in wrong position
mis-seta1325
mislay1402
misplace1556
mislodge1605
mislocate1816
1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 97 For Alrede his clerke wrote his reson, that thou mysse layst, and dokkist it as the likist.
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 35 Fire..if mislayed or abused, burneth the house.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 15 You haue mis-cast in your Arithmetike, Mis-laid your Counters.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 87 I have not mislaid my foundation; my foundation is Christ.
1671 J. Crowne Juliana iii. 35 Oh heavens! her grief mislayes her noble reason.
a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §4 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 19 I am apt to think the fault is generally mislaid upon Nature.
b. transitive. Originally: to put (a thing) unintentionally where it cannot readily be found, as because of having forgotten its location. Later also (sometimes regarded as euphemistic): to lose. Also figurative. Cf. misplace v. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)] > mislay
miscast1600
mislay1614
mislodge1676
misplace1849
1614 H. Wotton Let. 16 June in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 436 I have (I know not how) mislayed the Character which I left you, therefore I pray send me..a Copy.
1636 W. Laud Memorial Ann. Acct. Province in Hist. Troubles (1695) 523 By Reason of his the said Secretary's Sickness, it is mislaid or lost.
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6108 Which Letter, being an Immediat answer to that from Paris..should also, if it had not been mis-laid, have immediately followed the same.
a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 126 in Compl. Wks. (1731) If any thing happen to be mislaid, and found again, in some Place where it was not expected.
1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 7 Be sure you don't mislay the pearl necklace.
1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 5 Dec. (1939) 30 I cannot conceive what possesses me..to mislay papers.
1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 202 I am certain it is not mislaid..I have searched too thoroughly.
1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xiii. 172 The pencil case was missing, but it was only mislaid, and I found it again.
1934 M. McLuhan Let. 4 Oct. (1987) 18 This letter should have gone 2 days ago but was mislaid in my folder.
1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. i. 19 ‘I was saying,’ the stranger said, but he'd lost his touch: he had mislaid his confidence.
1959 W. Golding Free Fall (1961) v. 130 Do you know where Sammy Mountjoy is? I seem to have mislaid his address.
1986 P. D. James Taste for Death v. v. 336 It's a condition of faith that it gets lost from time to time, or at least mislaid.
2. transitive. To allege incorrectly. Cf. lay v.1 26c. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)]
feigna1300
liea1300
pretend1395
belie1561
misallege1566
pretence1567
perjurea1586
soothe1591
falsify1606
mislaya1626
misaffirma1631
a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 21 The yeare must be alledged in fact, for it may be mislaid by the plaintiffe, and therefore the defendants..must alledge it precisely.

Derivatives

misˈlayer n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > placing in wrong position > one who
mislayer1612
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 209 The mislaier of a Meerestone is too blame.
1997 Land Essays (Electronic text) 3 William Cobbett..ended as a great admirer of Tom Paine (and mislayer of Paine's mortal remains).
misˈlaying n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > mislaying
mislaying1649
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. ix. 82 The casualty of their mis-laying doth not alter their propriety; they are still his that lost them.
1898 H. C. G. Moule Colossian Stud. viii. 166 This little document has lately after a long mislaying, been in my use again.
1917 Sci. Monthly Dec. 539 Seemingly accidental lapses, like forgetting and mislaying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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