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Found 3 hits - Term: mislay, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mislay \mislay"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. mislaid; p. pr.  vb.
   n. mislaying.
   1913 webster
   1. to lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
      1913 webster

            the fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose.
      1913 webster +pjc

            the . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately
            mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to
            obtain one of like import in its stead. --hallam.
      1913 webster
see also:
mislaid mislaying 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mislay
     v : place something where one cannot find it again; "i
         misplaced my eyeglasses" syn: misplace, lose
     also: mislaid
see also:
misplace lose mislaid 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "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





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