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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. [1913 Webster] The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. [1913 Webster +PJC] The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mislay v 1: place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "mislay": be bereaved of, default, drop, forfeit, go astray from, incur loss, kiss good-bye, let slip, lose, lose out, mislocate, misplace, misput, miss, sacrifice, suffer loss, undergo privation, wander from