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   Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. √100. See Mis-, pref.]
   To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
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   When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.
   Locke.
   
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   To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
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   She would never miss, one day,
   A walk so fine, a sight so gay.
   Prior.
   
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   We cannot miss him; he does make our fire,
   Fetch in our wood.
   Shak.
   
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   To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want; as, to miss an absent loved one.
   Shak.
   
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   Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him.
   1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21.
   
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   What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
   Milton.
   
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   To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay.
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   Missing , a. [From Miss, v. i.] Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; lacking; wanting; not present when called or looked for.
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   Neither was there aught missing unto them.
   1 Sam. xxv. 7.
   
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   For a time caught up to God, as once
   Moses was in the mount, and missing long.
   Milton.
   
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