A*miss" , n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss.
Shak.
A*miss" (&adot;*m&ibreve;s"), a. Wrong; faulty; out of order;
improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. [Used only in the predicate.]
Dryden.
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is
amiss in himself or his circumstances.
Wollaston.
A*miss" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + miss.]
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
What
error drives our eyes and ears amiss?
Shak.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss.
James iv.
3.
To take (an act,
thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to
take offense at; to take unkindly; as, you must not
take these questions
amiss.
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