Mishave
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong. intransitive, obsolete, reflexive
"It is agreed […] that if anie servaunte […] shall by fighting, quarrelling or other unsemelie maner at anie time herafter misdemeane or mishave himself and therof be ones monished or warned […]"
Example
More examples"It is agreed […] that if anie servaunte […] shall by fighting, quarrelling or other unsemelie maner at anie time herafter misdemeane or mishave himself and therof be ones monished or warned […]"
Etymology
From Middle English *mishaven, from Old English *mishabban, attested in derivative mishabbende (“having ill”), equivalent to mis- + have.
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