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Mislay

//mɪsˈleɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave or lay something in the wrong place and then forget where one put it. transitive

    "He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets."

  2. 2
    place (something) where one cannot find it again wordnet
  3. 3
    To err in placing something. obsolete, transitive

    "[F]ire, if it be well and rightly vſed, burneth in the houſe to the good and pꝛofit of the familie: but if miſlayed oꝛ abuſed, burneth the houſe to the vndoing of the inhabitantes: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English mysse layen, equivalent to mis- + lay.

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