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mis-ˈspeak, v.
Also 4–7 misp-.
[mis-1 1.]
†1.
a. intr. To speak wrongly or improperly; to speak evil. Obs.
c1200in O.E. Hom. I. 305 Ich habbe..Misispeken. c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 934, I me repente If I mis spak. c1386― Miller's Prol. 31 If that I misspeke or seye, Wyte it the ale of Southwerk. 1595Shakes. John iii. i. 4 It is not so, thou hast mispoke, misheard. 1613tr. Mexia's Treas. Anc. & Mod. Times 764/1, I doe not inferre that it is lawfull for weomen to depraue or mispeake by any means.
b. To speak disrespectfully or disparagingly of.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 228 Enemys of oure feiþ þat bakbiten or myspeken of vs. 1390Gower Conf. I. 227 If that I myhte ofherkne..That eny man of hire mispeke. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. (1641) 232 Who mis⁓speaks of thee, hee spets at Heav'n, And his owne spettle in his face is driven.
†2. trans. To speak evil of; to calumniate. Obs.
1582N. T. (Rhem.) Acts xxiii. 5 The prince of thy people thou shalt not misspeake. 1584Peele Arraignm. Paris iii. i, Mis-speak not all for his amiss.
3. a. trans. To speak, utter, or pronounce incorrectly or improperly. rare.
[1390: see mis-speech.] 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 132 We care not how we mispeake it so wee haue it to speake. a1631Donne Let. to M.M.H. Poems (1654) 177 As a mother which delights to heare Her early childe mis-speake halfe uttered words. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyss. xiv. 238 Thou hast not misspoken aught, nor uttered a word unprofitably.
b. refl. To fail to convey the meaning one intends by one's words.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1894Congress. Rec. 19 Jan. 1051/1, I simply wanted to bring that matter out plainly... I believe he misspoke himself. 1973Harper's Mag. June 38/2 ‘The President,’ Ziegler said, ‘misspoke himself.’ He explained that the President had noted his error in reviewing the transcript of the press conference. 1975G. V. Higgins City on Hill ii. 53 If I gave that impression, I misspoke myself.
So mis-ˈspeaking vbl. n.
1530Palsgr. 172 Blaspheme, mispekyng of God. 1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man bec. Guilty 199 As they have the art of speaking, they have also the cunning of mis⁓speaking. |