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MissMiss Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan,
Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [root]100. See Mis-,
pref.]
1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing,
hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss
the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting
knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will
acknowledge he judged not right. --Locke.
2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to
dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a
sight so gay. --Prior.
We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in
our wood. --Shak.
3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want
of; to mourn the loss of; to want. --Shak.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed
of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv.
15, 21.
What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
--Milton.
To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay. MissMiss Miss, v. i.
1. To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true
direction.
Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss.
--Bacon.
Flying bullets now, To execute his rage, appear too
slow; They miss, or sweep but common souls away.
--Waller.
2. To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
Upon the least reflection, we can not miss of them.
--Atterbury.
3. To go wrong; to err. [Obs.]
Amongst the angels, a whole legion Of wicked sprites
did fall from happy bliss; What wonder then if one,
of women all, did miss? --Spenser.
4. To be absent, deficient, or wanting. [Obs.] See Missing,
a.
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
--Shak. Miss
Miss Miss, n.
1. The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain,
etc.
2. Loss; want; felt absence. [Obs.]
There will be no great miss of those which are lost.
--Locke.
3. Mistake; error; fault. --Shak.
He did without any great miss in the hardest points
of grammar. --Ascham.
4. Harm from mistake. [Obs.] --Spenser.
MisMis Mis, a. & adv. [See Amiss.]
Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] ``To correcten that [which] is mis.'
--Chaucer.
Meaning of Miss from wikipedia
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