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mishaving

mishaving is the present participle and gerund of mishave.

Meaning of mishave

Verb

mishave (third-person singular simple present mishaves, present participle mishaving, simple past and past participle mishaved)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, reflexive) To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.
    • 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 […]1567, quoted in 1997, C. S. Knighton, Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543-1609 (page 28)

Questions about mishaving

What is mishaving the present participle and gerund of?
Mishaving is the present participle and gerund of mishave.

Words near mishaving in the dictionary

  1. mishauling
  2. mishauls
  3. mishave
  4. mishaved
  5. mishaves
  6. mishaving
  7. Mishawaka
  8. mishcup
  9. misheal
  10. mishealed
  11. mishealing

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