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mischieves

mischieves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mischieve.

Meaning of mischieve

Verb

mischieve (third-person singular simple present mischieves, present participle mischieving, simple past and past participle mischieved)

  1. (obsolete) To destroy.
  2. (Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure.
    • thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe /[…]/ Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX

Questions about mischieves

What is mischieves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mischieves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mischieve.

Words near mischieves in the dictionary

  1. mischiefmakers
  2. mischiefmaking
  3. mischiefs
  4. mischieve
  5. mischieved
  6. mischieves
  7. mischieving
  8. mischievious
  9. mischievous
  10. mischievously
  11. mischievousness

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