| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
| anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
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| animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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| atomise | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomize |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomize, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomize |
| autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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| blemish | (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
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| (verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
| (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| commiserate | (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: sympathise, sympathize |
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| commission | (verb) charge with a task | - |
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| (verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
| (verb) place an order for | - |
| compromise | (verb) settle by concession | - |
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| (verb) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise | - |
| (verb) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute | - |
| customise | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customize |
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| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customize, tailor-make |
| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| demise | (verb) transfer by a lease or by a will | - |
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| demist | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: defog |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dismiss | (verb) declare void | Synonyms: dissolve |
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| (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside |
| (verb) end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave | Synonyms: usher out |
| (verb) cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration | Synonyms: throw out |
| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
| (verb) stop associating with | Synonyms: drop, send away, send packing |
| dynamise | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamize |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamize |
| economise | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economize, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economize, save |
| epitomise | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomize, typify |
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| euphemise | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemize |
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| famish | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: hunger, starve |
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| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: starve |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: starve |
| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
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| itemise | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemize, recite |
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| (verb) place on a list of items | Synonyms: itemize |
| legitimise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimize |
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| macadamise | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamize, tarmac |
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| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| minimise | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimize |
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| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimize, understate |
| misaddress | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misdirect |
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| misadvise | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misguide |
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| misalign | (verb) align imperfectly or badly | - |
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| misally | (verb) make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately | - |
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| misapply | (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misuse |
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| misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misappropriate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate |
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| misbehave | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean |
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| misbelieve | (verb) hold a false or unorthodox belief | - |
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| miscalculate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: misestimate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: misestimate |
| miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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| miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
| miscast | (verb) cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role | - |
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| miscegenate | (verb) marry or cohabit with a person of another race | - |
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| misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misconduct | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
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| (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
| misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| miscount | (verb) count wrongly | - |
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| miscreate | (verb) shape or form or make badly | - |
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| misdate | (verb) assign the wrong date to | - |
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| misdeal | (verb) deal cards wrongly | - |
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| misdeliver | (verb) deliver to the wrong address | - |
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| misdemean | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misconduct |
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| misdirect | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misaddress |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misguide, mislead |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| misdo | (verb) do wrongly or improperly | - |
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| misestimate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
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| (verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: miscalculate |
| misfire | (verb) fail to fire or detonate | - |
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| misfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: malfunction |
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| misgauge | (verb) gauge something incorrectly or improperly | - |
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| misgive | (verb) suggest fear or doubt | - |
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| misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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| misguide | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misadvise |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, mislead |
| mishandle | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mismanage |
| misidentify | (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: mistake |
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| misinform | (verb) give false or misleading information to | Synonyms: mislead |
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| misinterpret | (verb) interpret wrongly | Synonyms: misread |
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| (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand |
| (verb) interpret falsely | - |
| misjudge | (verb) judge incorrectly | - |
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| mislay | (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: misplace |
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| mislead | (verb) give false or misleading information to | Synonyms: misinform |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, misguide |
| mismanage | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mishandle |
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| mismarry | (verb) marry an unsuitable partner | - |
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| mismatch | (verb) match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together | - |
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| mismate | (verb) provide with an unsuitable mate | - |
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| misname | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: miscall |
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| misperceive | (verb) perceive incorrectly | - |
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| misplace | (verb) place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position | - |
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| (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: mislay |
| misplay | (verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
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| (verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
| misprint | (verb) print incorrectly | - |
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| mispronounce | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: misspeak |
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| misquote | (verb) quote incorrectly | - |
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| misread | (verb) interpret wrongly | Synonyms: misinterpret |
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| (verb) read or interpret wrongly | - |
| misremember | (verb) remember incorrectly | - |
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| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| miss | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
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| (verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: escape |
| (verb) fail to reach | - |
| (verb) feel or suffer from the lack of | - |
| (verb) fail to reach or get to | - |
| (verb) fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | Synonyms: lose |
| (verb) be without | Synonyms: lack |
| (verb) fail to attend an event or activity | - |
| (verb) be absent | - |
| misspeak | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: mispronounce |
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| misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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| misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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| (verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
| misstate | (verb) state something incorrectly | - |
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| mist | (verb) become covered with mist | Synonyms: mist over |
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| (verb) spray finely or cover with mist | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure |
| mistake | (verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, slip |
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| (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: misidentify |
| mistime | (verb) time incorrectly | - |
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| mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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| mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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| mistrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
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| misunderstand | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret |
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| misuse | (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: abuse, pervert |
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| (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misapply |
| optimise | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimize |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimize |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimize |
| phlebotomise | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize |
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| polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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| polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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| premise | (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premiss |
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| (verb) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | - |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, preface |
| premiss | (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premise |
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