mister (3)

[Etym., doubtful.] Need, nece ity. (Scotch.) *mis-ter, *mis-tre, v. t. & i. [MISTER (2), s.] A. Trans.: To occasion lo to. B. In trans.: To need, to be nece ary, to boot. "As for my name it mistreth not to tell." Spenser: F. Q., III. vii. 51. mis-term, v. t. [Pref. mis-, and English term (q. v.).] To term or designate erroneously; to miscall, to misname. "World's exile is death: then banished Is death mistermed." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, iii. 3. *mis-ter-ship, s. [Eng. mister (1); -ship .] The state or quality of being a mister (q. v.). (Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 4.)