·- A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
mis, an archaic form for meis; v. meus init. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
·adj & ·adv Wrong; amiss. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to abuse, to call by nicknames. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
to mistake, to misunderstand. North. ...