The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS.
mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. &
Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the
root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[imac]dan, AS.
m[imac][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. Miss to fail of). In words
from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus
less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are
commonly confounded.]
A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of
amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead,
mischief, miscreant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mis \Mis\ (m[i^]s), a. & adv. [See Amiss.]
Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten that [which] is mis."
--Chaucer.
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V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MIS
Management Information System
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MIS
Mega Iterations per Second
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MIS
Micro Instruction Sequencer (Intel, CPU)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
MIS
Mounting Interface Standard (VESA)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
MIS. A syllable which prefixed to some word signifies some fault or defect;
as, misadventure, misprision, mistrial, and the like.