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miswend

miswend verb: to go wrong; to stray.

Verb

miswend (third-person singular simple present miswends, present participle miswending, simple past and past participle miswent)

  1. (obsolete) To go wrong; to stray.
    • It sitteth not in no maner wyse / A thefe for theft to syt in iudgement, / A lecherous man a lechour to chastise, / Nor he that hath al his lyfe spent / In waste & riote forfeted and miswent.1554, “The .iiii. chapter. Of the Strife bytwene Caligula Tiberius and Messalyne”, in A Memorial of Suche Princes, as Since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde, Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme...
    • I now forsake the former tyme I spent. / And sorie am, for that I was miswent.1581, Barnabe Rich, Riche His Farewell to Militarie Profession, published 1583

Forms of miswend

third-person singular presentmiswends
present participlemiswending
past participlemiswent
pastmiswent

Origin of miswend

From mis- + wend.

Questions about miswend

What does miswend mean?
Miswend means to go wrong; to stray.
What part of speech is miswend?
Miswend is a verb.
What is the past tense of miswend?
The past tense of miswend is miswent.

Words near miswend in the dictionary

  1. misweighs
  2. misweld
  3. miswelded
  4. miswelding
  5. miswelds
  6. miswend
  7. miswending
  8. miswends
  9. miswent
  10. miswield
  11. miswielded

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