mislay
verb/mɪsˈleɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.
- inherited from mysse layen
Definitions
To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it.
- He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.
To err in placing something.
- [F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]
- You haue miſ-caſt in your Arithmetike, / Miſ-laid your Counters, groapingly yee ſeeke / In nights blacke darknes for the ſecret things / Seal’d in the Casket of the King of Kings; […]
- First, Scio cui credidi, I know whom I have believed in: I have not mislaid my foundation; my foundation is Christ; […]
The neighborhood
- synonymmisplace
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA