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English
Etymology
From Old French meschever, from mes- + chever.
Pronunciation
Verb
mischieve (third-person singular simple present mischieves, present participle mischieving, simple past and past participle mischieved)
- (obsolete) To destroy.
- (now Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX (in Middle English):thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe / […] / Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1650, Moses his choice, with his eye fixed upon heaven, page 54:I have read of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay in wait to mischieve him;