Search Result for "to take (an act, thing) amiss":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amiss \A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]