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mischoose en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English mischeosen, mischesen, equivalent to mis- + choose.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To choose incorrectly or badly; to make a wrong choice.
   • Up to a certain point he was a free agent , he could choose his path ; he mischose it , and he was in the toils of necessity 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

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