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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mis- \Mis-\ (m[i^]s-). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[=i]dan, AS. m[=i][eth]an ([root]100. Cf. {Miss} to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. m['e]-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see {Minus}). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.] A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mis \Mis\ (m[i^]s), adjective & adverb [See {Amiss}.] Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] ''To correcten that [which] is mis.'' --Chaucer.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
MIS {Management Information System}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MIS Management Information System
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MIS Mega Iterations per Second
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