About The Word Mislay
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Mislay
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What's The Definition Of Mislay?
[v] place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mislay: lose | misplace Related Terms | Find terms related to Mislay: be bereaved of | default | drop | forfeit | go astray from | incur loss | kiss good-bye | let slip | lose | lose out | mislocate | misplace | misput | miss | sacrifice | suffer loss | undergo privation | wander from See Also | lay | place | pose | position | put | set Mislay In Webster's Dictionary \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mislaid}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Mislaying}.]
1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke.
2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.
The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately
mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to
obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam.
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