misget en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English misgeten, equivalent to mis- + get.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means.
the fruitlesse end Of thy vaine boast , and spoile of love misgot
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misgetting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misgets | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misgotten | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misgot | Tense=Past | lexicographic |