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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English misbering, misberinge, equivalent to misbear + -ing.
Noun
misbearing (uncountable)
- (obsolete) bearing amiss, especially as pertaining to one's conduct; misconduct
1851, William Shaw Russell, Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide for Visitors to Plymouth Village:Your letters of July and October 1689 are come well to hand, and I am very glad to hear of your welfare, as also that there is a way discovered of sending letters with much more security of not misbearing, than heretofore, for truly it cannot but be a desirable thing for friends to converse one with another, the which, when it cannot be personal, as ours cannot.
Etymology 2
From misbear + -ing.
Verb
misbearing
- present participle and gerund of misbear