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Amiss \A*miss"\, n.
A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
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Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.
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Amiss \A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- miss.]
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
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What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak.
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Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James
iv. 3.
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{To take (an act, thing) amiss}, to impute a wrong motive to
(an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly;
as, you must not take these questions amiss.
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Amiss \A*miss"\ ([.a]*m[i^]s"), a.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be
amiss to ask advice.

Note: [Used only in the predicate.] --Dryden.
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His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that
which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.
--Wollaston.
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