mispense

English

Noun

mispense (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of misspense
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     […] both are alike the good creatures of the same Maker, and both of them may prove equally costly to us in their wilful mispense.