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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mishave en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English *mishaven, from Old English *mishabban, attested in derivative mishabbende (“having ill”), equivalent to mis- + have.

Meanings

  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)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mishaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mishaif alternative lexicographic
mishaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mishaved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mishaved Tense=Past lexicographic