Definition of Mislay

1. Verb. Place (something) where one cannot find it again. "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

Exact synonyms: Lose, Misplace
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set

Definition of Mislay

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

Definition of Mislay

1. Verb. To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mislay

1. to put in a forgotten place [v -LAID, -LAYING, -LAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mislay

mislabel
mislabeled
mislabeling
mislabelled
mislabelling
mislabels
mislabor
mislabored
mislaboring
mislabors
mislactation
mislaid
mislaid properties
mislaid property
mislain
mislay (current term)
mislayer
mislayers
mislaying
mislays
misle
mislead
misleader
misleaders
misleading
misleadingly
misleadingness
misleads
misleared
mislearn

Literary usage of Mislay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"To lay in a wrong or unaccustomed place; put in a place afterward forgotten: as, to mislay a letter or one's gloves. Was ever any thing so provoking, ..."

2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"Bills of the play Tidied away— Nothing so easy for maids to mislay, (Maids to mislay, maids to mislay) Maids who are apt to presume; For they read, read, ..."

3. The Bookmart: A Monthly Magazine of Literary and Library Intelligence edited by Richard Halkett (1889)
"Bills of the play Tidied away— Nothing so easy for maids to mislay, (Maids to mislay, maids to mislay) Maids who are apt to presume; For they read, read, ..."

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