† misappearv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, appear v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + appear v.
Obsolete.
rare.
a1631 J. Donne (1647) iii. i. §1 If any small place of Scripture, mis-appeare to them to bee of use for justifying any opinion of theirs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).