mise
Americannoun
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the issue in the obsolete writ of right
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an agreed settlement
Etymology
Origin of mise
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French: “a putting, setting down (e.g. of expenses),” noun use of feminine of mis “set down,” from Latin missus, past participle of mittere “to send, bestow”
Example Sentences
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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
It's one of the reasons I so love "mise en place."
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
The other thing that is really important and will really help people is I encourage them to do their mise en place.
From Salon ● May 13, 2023
We had a whole bunch of ideas, like a five- or six-page document of different ideas, and a mise en place race was one of them.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
Most boys who read romances have the dramatic instinct; they must forthwith incarnate the memories of their reading, and anything will do for a mise en scene.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
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