misraise

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ raise

Verb

misraise (third-person singular simple present misraises, present participle misraising, simple past and past participle misraised)

1. (transitive) To raise unreasonably.
   • 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:

     mis-raised fury

   misraised children

   to misraise one's offspring

References

• “misraise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.