*misti*

a., n., a., n. See Alchemic, Alchemist, Alchemistic, Alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. armistice, fr. (an assumed word) L. armistitium; arma arms + stare, statum (combining form, -stitum), to stand still. ] A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. divided into separate and often disparate elements; -- the opposite of holistic.
Syn. -- atomistical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. divided into separate and often disparate elements. holistic
Syn. -- atomistic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression. -- Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. hemistichium, Gr. "hmisti`chion; "hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: cf. F. hémistiche. ] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. místico. ] A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean. It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ AS. mistīdan. See Tide. ] To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ }, n. [ F. mistigri. ] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mistiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With mist; darkly; obscurely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. mistīmain to turn out ill. ] To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of assigning something to a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
Syn. -- anachronism, misdating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. State of being misty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mistio, mixtio. See Mix, and cf. Mixtion. ] Mixture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To call by a wrong title. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. permistio, permixtio, fr. permiscere, permistum, and permixtum. See Permiscible. ] The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture. [ Written also permixtion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding. “Giving utterance to pessimistic doubt.” Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]