MISS (2)

miss (2). Miss, v. not to hit, to escape, fail, omit, want

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Miss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed (mĭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.] [[AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. √100. See Mis-, pref.]] 1. 1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. Locke. 2. 2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; — now seldom applied to persons.
She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay. Prior. We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. Shak. 3. 3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want. Shak.
Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. 1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21. What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. Milton. To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay.