mischallenge

noun

mischallenge

noun

Etymology From mis- + challenge.

1

Obsolete A false or misguided challenge.

  • ‘Lo! faitour, there thy meede unto thee take, / The meede of thy mischalenge and abet.’1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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