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