mise

[ meez, mahyz ]

noun

1. a settlement or agreement.
2. Law. the issue in a proceeding instituted on a writ of right.

mise

/ miːz; maɪz /

noun

1. the issue in the obsolete writ of right
2. an agreed settlement

Word History and Origins

Origin of mise¹

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of mise¹

C15: from Old French: action of putting, from mettre to put

Example Sentences

The film is a striking mise en abyme, looking at the emptiness, after the Spanish Civil War.

From Washington Blade

He completely disrupts not only the conception of architecture—but also the fabrication, the mise en oeuvre of architecture.

From The Daily Beast

But the master manipulator of mise-en-scène is back to what he does best in his fifth feature.

From The Daily Beast

The mise en abyme of "Las Meninas" is dug a bit deeper thanks to Hannah, as he gets in the way of Velazquez.

From The Daily Beast

If this mise-en-abyme doesn't capture the confusion of the world we've now built for ourselves, I don't know what could.

From The Daily Beast

The convincing mise en scène was created with “smoke and mirrors,” said Zeitlin.

From The Daily Beast

Beyond the once solid wall strange figures move on—a new mise en scne, with the old blotted out in darkness.

From Project Gutenberg

The consequences were not dreadful, but the mise en scène was all that could have been desired.

From Project Gutenberg

The mise-en-scne is in every way about as perfect as it is possible to be.

From Project Gutenberg

The mise en scène was therefore lugubrious and had its effect upon the merry visitors.

From Project Gutenberg

La ville fut mise au pillage par les soldatz du camp, qui se firent gentis compaignons.

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Related Words

• arrangement
• bargain
• bond
• commitment
• guarantee
• obligation
• pact
• pledge
• record
• settlement