单词 | miskeep |
释义 | † miskeepv. Obsolete. transitive. To keep or guard wrongly, carelessly, or improperly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] > badly or wrongly miskeepa1425 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > care for badly or wrongly miskeepa1425 a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Galba) (1907) 915 We sall noght trow..Þe knightes þat him miskepid has sen he in graue was layd. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1301 If it be wrong dispendid or mys-kept. a1500 Ratis Raving 115 Luk nane of thi fyve wyttis sere..be miskepyt, my sone, in thé. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 638/1 The beste thyng in the worlde, if it be myskept, wyll marre in processe of tyme. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. P. Matthieu Memorials of Mortalitie in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 2nd Cent. 1053 Misers mis-keep, and Prodigals mis-spend-them. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 55 Prodigalles misspend them, Wretches miskeepe them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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