mischieve
English
Alternative forms
- myscheve (14th-15th centuries)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French meschever, from mes- + chever.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (obsolete) To destroy.
- (now Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX::
- thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe / […] / Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued
- 1650, Moses his choice, with his eye fixed upon heaven, page 54:
- I have read of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay in wait to mischieve him;