mislay
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Mislay, mis-lā′, v.t. to lay in a wrong place or in one not remembered: to lose:—pa.p. mislaid′.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
I never knew her Mislay the thread or the needle of a thing.
From The Lamp and the Bell by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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