Pronunciations
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/mɪsˈtʃiːv/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Verb
To destroy.
Usage- Obsolete
To damage, do harm to; to injure.
Usage- Scotland
- Examples
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More examples (1)
thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe /[…]/ Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued
I have read of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay in wait to mischieve him;
[…] ſo when the two Ladders were taken down, no Man living could come down to me without miſchieving himſelf; […]