verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To speak ill of (someone). archaic, transitive
2. 2
   To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly. intransitive, obsolete

   "The worde gone out she backe againe would call, / As her repenting so to have missayd [...]."

Example

More examples

"The worde gone out she backe againe would call, / As her repenting so to have missayd [...]."

Etymology

From Middle English misseien, misseyen, misseggen, equivalent to mis- + say. Cognate with Middle Dutch misseggen (“to missay”).

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