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English
Etymology
From Middle English *mishaven, from Old English *mishabban, attested in derivative mishabbende (“having ill”), equivalent to mis- + have.
Verb
mishave (third-person singular simple present mishaves, present participle mishaving, simple past and past participle mishaved)
- (intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.
- 1567, quoted in 1997, C. S. Knighton, Acts of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1543-1609 (page 28)
- It is agreed that if anie servaunte shall by fighting, quarrelling or other unsemelie maner at anie time herafter misdemeane or mishave himself and therof be ones monished or warned