misbear

verb

misbear

verb

Etymology From Middle English misberen, equivalent to mis- + bear.

1

Obsolete To carry or bear improperly; (reflexive) to carry (oneself) wrongly i.e. misbehave.

And if any of their wives misbear them against her husband, he may cast her out of his house and depart from her and take another, but he shall depart with her of his goods.1968, Sir John Mandeville, Michael C. Seymour, Mandeville's Travels:
He thought rue she should, and forethink, That she her had unto him misbore.1614, William Browne (poet), The Shepheard's Pipe:

1 more example

And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, In evill houre thy foes thee hither sent, Anothers wrongs to wreake upon thy selfe:1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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