'Mislaid' definitions:
Definition of 'mislaid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets" [syn: mislaid, misplaced]
Definition of 'Mislaid'
From: GCIDE
- Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. [1913 Webster]
- The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]