单词 | misdemean |
释义 | † misdemeann. Obsolete. Misdemeanour, misconduct; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime > misdemeanour or malfeasance misprision1425 misdemeaning1487 misdemeanour1504 misimprision1611 misfeasancea1626 malfeasance1663 misdemean1742 1579 J. Merbecke Holie Hist. King Dauid 38 When Dauid heard this misdemeane he willed some to go And meete his men, who were ashamd that any should them know. 1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler xxiii. sig. B4 To thinke it any misdemeasne in vs, If we..doe fall againe Into our ancient Sword and Buckler vaine. 1742 in B. Peirce Hist. Harvard Univ. (1833) App. 86 Sundry crimes and misdemeans whereof he was convicted. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) i. 308 A Criminal arraign'd For..some heinous misdemean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). misdemeanv.1 Now rare. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)] misbearc1300 misguyc1375 misleada1393 misrulea1393 misgovernc1400 misordera1450 misbehave1475 misdemeana1525 mishave1528 misuse1532 dismeanor1598 misdemeanour1620 misconduct1812 a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 556 Laur. Saunders, which mysdemeasned hym-self on Lamasse day last both in worde & dede, sterryng the people to comocion & insurrecion. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1030/1 Neither did the townesmen of S. Albones..thus outragiously misdemeane themselues. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 18 Iustices..that had vsed extortion, or bribery, or had otherwise misdemeaned themselues. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 48 You that best should teach vs, Haue misdemean'd your selfe. View more context for this quotation 1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 256 They did not judge the Keeper to have highly misdemeaned himself in his office of Keeper of the board Seale. 1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde I. 260 Sir Luke Fitzgerald misdemeaned himself before the board by uncivil words. 1787 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xiii The continuance of ministers in their places, they not misdemeaning themselves. 1857 Hurlstone & Norman's Rep. (1858) II. 221 The said William Baker did..unlawfully misdemean and misconduct himself in his said service by neglecting..his said master's service. 1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 18 729 The court..made a ruling that if any official or any subject..should misdemean himself..the Court of Star Chamber had power to examine and punish him. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2787/2 A person who misdemeans himself is guilty of a misdemeanour. b. intransitive with reflexive meaning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (intransitive)] misbehave1703 misdemean1765 to go on1778 to cut up1787 perform1891 to act out1913 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [verb (intransitive)] misdemean1765 malconduct1801 1765 C. Smart Phædrus iv. ix When our neighbours mis-demean, Our censures are exceeding keen. 1859 A. Jackson Official Rep. Trial Hon. A. Jackson 16 June 251 He must be indicted and convicted of some such crime before you can impeach him. Then it may be that you can go ahead upon the record of that conviction to say he has misdemeaned in office. 1890 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 701/1 The dog, with true canine consciousness of having misdemeaned, lowered his tail. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 494 I would misdemean to rebuke to the libels of snots from the fleshambles, the canalles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] misnote?c1225 disusec1380 misusea1382 abusec1430 misbehave?1529 misemploy1609 misdemeana1625 misimprove1648 a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 47 Hee that misdemeaneth authority that law giueth him..shall be a wrong doer ab initio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † misdemeanv.2 Obsolete. rare. transitive. = demean v.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons II. iv. ix. 140 My Lord Scales,..lift the curtain; nay, sir, it misdemeans you not. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1579v.1a1525v.21843 |
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