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Mislaid

Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.]

  1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.

    The fault is generally mislaid upon nature.
    --Locke.

  2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose.

    The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead.
    --Hallam.

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mislaid

vb. (en-past of: mislay)

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mislaid

adj. lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: misplaced]

mislay
  1. v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, lose]

  2. [also: mislaid]

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Usage examples of "mislaid".

Or had some snide little apprentice mislaid the messages to allow time for his own sleep?

Once they were standing within a few feet of each other, back to back, only to stalk off in opposite directions with infinite precaution, and once King Pellinore did hit Sir Grummore with one of his back strokes, but they both immediately spun round so often that they became giddy and mislaid each other afresh.

The foot-people had been early mislaid because they did not understand the notes of the horn.