GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Amiss (), adv. [Pref. a- + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
   
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   What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak.
   
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   Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.
   
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   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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   Amiss (ȧ‑mĭsˈ), a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, “it may not be amiss to ask advice”. [Used only in the predicate.]  Dryden.
   
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   His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston.
   
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   Amiss, n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
   
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   Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
   
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