Misdread

//mɪsˈdɹɛd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To dread. intransitive, obsolete, transitive

    "Needs me then hope, or doth me need misdread?"

Example

More examples

"Needs me then hope, or doth me need misdread?"

Etymology

From mis- + dread.

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