mise

[ meez, mahyz ]

/ miz, maɪz /

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noun

a settlement or agreement.

Law. the issue in a proceeding instituted on a writ of right.

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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”

Words nearby mise

misdial, misdirect, misdirection, misdo, misdoubt, mise, misease, miseducate, mise en place, mise en scène, misemploy

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How to use mise in a sentence

The film is a striking mise en abyme, looking at the emptiness, after the Spanish Civil War.
Clear your calendar for these spring events|Tinashe Chingarande|March 11, 2022|Washington Blade
He completely disrupts not only the conception of architecture—but also the fabrication, the mise en oeuvre of architecture.
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the master manipulator of mise-en-scène is back to what he does best in his fifth feature.
Michel Gondry on ‘Mood Indigo,’ Kanye West, and the 10th Anniversary of ‘Eternal Sunshine’|Marlow Stern|July 20, 2014|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.
Reflecting on Genius|Blake Gopnik|October 18, 2013|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.
Plato's Cave, Gone Digital|Blake Gopnik|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The convincing mise en scène was created with “smoke and mirrors,” said Zeitlin.
‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’: One of the Year’s Best Films|Marlow Stern|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Beyond the once solid wall strange figures move on—a new mise en scne, with the old blotted out in darkness.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
The consequences were not dreadful, but the mise en scène was all that could have been desired.
Washington Irving|Henry W. Boynton
The mise-en-scne is in every way about as perfect as it is possible to be.
Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890|Various
The mise en scène was therefore lugubrious and had its effect upon the merry visitors.
The Reign of Greed|Jose Rizal
La ville fut mise au pillage par les soldatz du camp, qui se firent gentis compaignons.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird

British Dictionary definitions for mise

mise

/ (miːz, maɪz) /

noun law

the issue in the obsolete writ of right

an agreed settlement

Word Origin for mise

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

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