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† misˈwend, v. Obs.
[mis-1 1. (For certain uses of miswent see misgo v.)]
1. trans. To turn in a wrong direction; to misapply; to lead astray; to pervert.
1340Ayenb. 22 Ac uor hire euele tongen hi miswendeþ moche uolk to done wel. Ibid. 62 Huanne he miswent and went to þe worse half al þet he yherþ oþer yziȝþ. 1390Gower Conf. III. 80 Nectanabus his craft miswente. a1450Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 243 Ther the Bibelle is al myswent To jangle of Job or Jeremye. c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 469 That the myddyl of your liffe be not spent In ydelnesse, ne in vnthrifte myswent.
2. pass. and intr. To go astray (lit. and fig.); to come to grief. Pa. pple. miswent =a. gone astray;
b. out of gear; dilapidated; ruined.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7217 Vr louerd..prest aþ imad uor to smite men þat beþ mis wend. 1340Ayenb. 27 Þe herte of þe enuious is enuenymed and suo miswent. 1390Gower Conf. I. 21 And eche in his compleignte telleth How that the world is al miswent. Ibid. 331 And that makth al mi world miswende. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. iii. 51 Good hede he took..that cord or chaine were nought myswent other wise than it shold. 1581Rich Farew. (1846) 38, I now forsake the former tyme I spent, And sorry am, for that I was miswent. a1586Sidney Sonn. in Arcadia (1622) 494 What? is thy Bagpipe broke, or are thy lambes miswent? 1591[see miscounsel v.]. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. v. 30 Who likewise sought her lover long miswent. 1600Fairfax Tasso ii. x. 21 In this maze still wandred and miswent. 1723Portland Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 77 He that would see a church miswent, Let him go to Cuckeston in Kent. |