mishave

English

Alternative forms

• mishaif (Scotland)

Etymology

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

Verb

mishave (third-person singular simple present mishaves, present participle mishaving, simple past and past participle mishaved)

1. (intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.
   • 1567, quoted in 1997, C. S. Knighton, Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543-1609 (page 28)

     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 […]