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† misˈkeep, v. Obs. [mis-1 1.] trans. To keep, guard, or observe badly or wrongly.
13..Evang. Nicod. 915 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LIII. 408 We sall noght trow..Þe knyghtes þat him myskeped has Sen he in graue was layd. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1301 If it be wrong dispendid or mys-kept. 1530Palsgr. 638/1 The beste thyng in the worlde, if it be myskept, wyll marre in processe of tyme. a1618Sylvester Du Bartas, Mem. Mort. ii. lxxv. (1621) 1053 Misers mis-keep, and Prodigals mis-spend them. [a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (1711) 120 Prodigals mispend them, wretches miskeep them.] |