n. 1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray.
Syn. -- atomizer, spray [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., shirt, fr. LL. camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; cf. G. hemd, or OIr. caimmse sort of garment. Cf. Camis. ] 1. A shift, or undergarment, worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of chemise. ] An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pitiable. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating. ] [ L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable. ] To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.

Syn. -- To pity; compassionate; lament; condole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. commisération, fr. L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite compassion. ] The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. [ 1913 Webster ]

And pluck commiseration of his state
From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak.

Syn. -- See Sympathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See Promise. ] 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

But basely yielded upon compromise
That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compromised p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising. ] [ From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit. ] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Laban and himself were compromised
That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The controversy may easily be compromised. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make concession for conciliation and peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compromises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. démettre, p. p. démis, démise, to put away, lay down; pref. dé- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Dismiss, Demit. ] 1. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the demise of the Queen [ of George II. ], in 1737, they [ drawing- rooms ] were held but twice a week. P. Cunningham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.

Syn. -- Death; decease; departure. See Death. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demised p. pr. & vb. n. Demising. ] 1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. “Power to demise my lands.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

What honor
Canst thou demise to any child of mine? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convey; to give. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His soul is at his conception demised to him. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as economize.
Syn. -- conserve, husband, economize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who economizes and avoids waste.
Syn. -- economizer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. entremise, fr. s'entremettre. See Entermete. ] Mediation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Promised beforehand; preëngaged. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hemisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Hemisecting. ] [ Hemi- + L. secare to cut. ] (Anat.) To divide along the mesial plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A division along the mesial plane; also, one of the parts so divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. entremise. See Intermission. ] Interference; interposition. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic), That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion). Contrasted to minor premise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Manumit. ] To manumit. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mise a putting, setting, expense, fr. mis, mise, p. p. of mettre to put, lay, fr. LL. mittere to send. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) The issue in a writ of right. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expense; cost; disbursement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mesaise, OF. mesaise. ] Want of ease; discomfort; misery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not easy; painful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An incorrect or spurious edition. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To educate in a wrong manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat wrongfully. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. mi^sos hate, misei^n to hate: cf. It. & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The woeful words of a miser now despairing. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A despicable person; a wretch. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. [ 1913 Webster ]

As some lone miser, visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A stingy person; one very reluctant to spend money. [ PJC ]

5. A kind of large earth auger. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. misérable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

What hopes delude thee, miserable man? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing unhappiness or misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

What 's more miserable than discontent? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A miserable person. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being miserable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Commiseration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have mercy, fr. miser. See Miser. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where only the wind signs miserere. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Same as Ileus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. miséricorde. See Misericordia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Compassion; pity; mercy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Armor.) Same as Misericordia, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (O. Law) An amercement. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or “mercy” stroke to a fallen adversary. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Miser. ] Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Miseries [ OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, OF. also, miserie. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Destruction and misery are in their ways. Rom. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mésestime. ] Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An erroneous explanation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong explication. [ 1913 Webster ]