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▪ I. † ˈmisture1 Obs. rare. [? f. miss v.1 on the analogy of mixture; but prob. suggested by mister n.1 8.] A loss, privation; = miss n.1 1, 2.
1563–83Foxe A. & M. 1964/2 How sore they tooke hys death to hart, and also, how hardly they could away with the misture [orig. desiderium] of such a man. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse 20 b, It is a great misture, that we haue not men swine as well as beasts. ▪ II. † ˈmisture2 Obs. rare. [ad. L. mistūra: see mixture.] Mixture.
a1626Bacon Disc. Union Eng. & Scot. in Resuscitatio (1657) 201 Such Imperfect Mistures, continue no longer, then they are forced. |