Misbearing
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 bearing amiss, especially as pertaining to one's conduct; misconduct obsolete, uncountable
"Your letters of July and October 1689 are come well to hand, and I am very glad to hear of your welfare, as also that there is a way discovered of sending letters with much more security of not misbearing, than heretofore, for truly it cannot but be a desirable thing for friends to converse one with another, the which, when it cannot be personal, as ours cannot."
- 1 present participle and gerund of misbear form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Your letters of July and October 1689 are come well to hand, and I am very glad to hear of your welfare, as also that there is a way discovered of sending letters with much more security of not misbearing, than heretofore, for truly it cannot but be a desirable thing for friends to converse one with another, the which, when it cannot be personal, as ours cannot."
Etymology
From Middle English misbering, misberinge, equivalent to misbear + -ing.
From misbear + -ing.
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