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English
Etymology
From Middle English misberen, equivalent to mis- + bear.
Verb
misbear (third-person singular simple present misbears, present participle misbearing, simple past misbore, past participle misborne)
- (obsolete) To carry improperly; (reflexive) to carry (one's self) wrongly; misbehave.
1968, Sir John Mandeville, Michael C. Seymour, Mandeville's Travels: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.
1614, William Browne (poet), The Shepheard's Pipe:He thought rue she should, and forethink, That she her had unto him misbore.
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