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Mist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.

2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

Mist [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Mist [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

Mistakable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.

Mistake [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

2. Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Mistake [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Mistake [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

2. To take or choose wrongly.

3. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

4. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

5. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

Mistaken [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

MISTA'KEN . In the use of this participle, there is a peculiarity which ought to be carefully noticed. When used of persons, it signified to be in an error, to be wrong; as, I am mistaken you are mistaken he is mistaken But when used of things, it signified misunderstood, misconceived; as, the sense of the passage is mistaken that is, not rightly understood.

Mistaken [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Mistaken [Participial adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.

Mistakenly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By mistake.

Mistakenness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Erroneousness.

Mistaker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that mistakes or misunderstands.

Mistaker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who mistakes.

Mistaking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An error; a mistake.

Mistaking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Making a mistake; erring from the truth; misconceiving.

Mistaking [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An error; a mistake.

Mistaking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Mistakingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Erroneously; falsely.

Mistakingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Erroneously.

Mistaught [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wrongly taught; as a mistaught youth.

Mistaught [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth.

Mistaught [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Misteach

Misteach [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To teach wrong; to instruct erroneously.

Misteach [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.

Misteaching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Instructing erroneously.

Misteaching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Misteach

Misted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Mist

Mistell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To tell erroneously.

Mistell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To tell erroneously.

Mistelling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Mistell

Mistemper [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To temper ill; to disorder.

Mistemper [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head.

Mistempered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Tempered ill.

Mister [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The common title of address to gentlemen, and to men of all classes. In writing, it is expressed by the abbreviation Mr.

Mister [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To occasion loss. [Not in use.]

Mister [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.

2. A trade, art, or occupation.

3. Manner; kind; sort.

4. Need; necessity.

Mister [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To be needful or of use.

Mister [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered me in a formal way.

Misterm [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To term or denominate erroneously.

Misterm [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To call by a wrong name; to miscall.

Mistermed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wrongly denominated.

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14 KJV and 37 BSB verses contain “Mist” — showing the first 20. Show all 41 verses (searchable)

Genesis 2:6

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Genesis 15:13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Genesis 16:4

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

Genesis 16:9

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

Genesis 31:50

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 43:12

And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

Exodus 22:22

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

Exodus 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

Numbers 16:15

And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

Numbers 20:15

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,

Deuteronomy 26:6

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

1 Kings 17:17

And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

2 Kings 5:3

And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”

Job 19:3

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

Job 36:27

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Psalms 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Proverbs 30:23

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?