† misbearv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive (reflexive). To misbehave or misconduct oneself.
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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
c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) 1245 (MED) So strong theof nis non in Engelond, if he into France come, That he ne miȝte leve ther..theȝ he him hadde ther misbore.
c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 3067 Ye haue mysborn yow and trespased vn to me.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 87 Ȝif ony of here wifes mys beren hem aȝenst hire husbonde.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iv. xxiv. 191/1 Yf they mysbere them, ther patrons may depryue them of ther benefyce.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xx. sig. ddviv Yf he..mysbere hym vnto the sacramentes.
1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. C5v He thought rue she should, and fore-thinke That she her had vnto him mis bore.
2. intransitive. To behave improperly or criminally; to misbehave.
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a1325 St. Thomas Becket (Corpus Cambr.) 1254 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 651 (MED) I nemiȝte him do for noþing þat he hadde þere misbore.
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 206 I..twise Repentid haue of þat y haue mysbore.
Derivatives
misbearing adj. ill-behaved.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective]
misbearinga1400
misgovernedc1431
misdemeaned1510
misguided?a1513
misordered1529
misbehaved1597
ill-behaved1611
badly behaved1843
haveless1856
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [adjective]
misbearinga1400
misleda1400
misgovernedc1431
misdemeaned1510
misguided?a1513
misordered1529
misbehaved1597
ill-behaved1611
a1400 Rule of Life of Our Lady (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 159 Þat noon schulde be proude ne mysberynge aȝens oþere.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 104 (MED) A precher..forto reproue mys beryng prechers, warnede..þat he wolde preche into þe now seid entent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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