transitive. To ill-use or ill-treat; to injure or abuse. (In Old English with object in dative). Also intransitive with till.

transitive. In similar sense, but with changed construction: To treat (a person) with (unkindness, cruelty, etc.), to affect with (disgrace…

transitive. To make wicked or evil; to deprave, pervert, corrupt. Obsolete.

transitive. To subject to ill-treatment; to treat badly.

transitive. To treat badly or wrongly; to ill-treat.

transitive. To handle or treat badly, wrongly, or roughly; to ill-treat. Also in extended use.

transitive. To ill-treat, ill-use. Obsolete.

transitive. To handle roughly or clumsily, to maul; to mix up in confusion, jumble. Also with together, up. Also figurative. Obsolete (English reg…

transitive. To abuse, ill-use; to handle roughly; to ill-treat. Chiefly with person as object. Cf. mistreat, v.

transitive. To treat badly; to deal harshly, unkindly, or cruelly with; to ill-use, maltreat.