Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mishave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mishave
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"It is agreed […] that if anie servaunte […] shall by fighting, quarrelling or other unsemelie maner at anie time herafter misdemeane or mishave himself and therof be ones monished or warned […]"

Etymology

From Middle English *mishaven, from Old English *mishabban, attested in derivative mishabbende (“having ill”), equivalent to mis- + have.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: *mishaven, *mishabban

Usage

Inflected Forms

mishaves (present, singular) mishaving (participle, present) mishaved (participle, past) mishaved (past) mishaif (alternative)

Questions

What does mishave mean?: To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.
Where does mishave come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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