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English
Etymology
From mis- + wend.
Verb
miswend (third-person singular simple present miswends, present participle miswending, simple past and past participle miswent)
- (obsolete) To go wrong; to stray.
1554, “The .iiii. chapter. Of the Strife bytwene Caligula Tiberius and Messalyne”, in A Memorial of Suche Princes, as Since the Tyme of King Richard the Seconde, Haue Been Unfortunate in the Realme of England, The Seventh Boke:It sitteth not in no maner wyse / A thefe for theft to syt in iudgement, / A lecherous man a lechour to chastise, / Nor he that hath al his lyfe spent / In waste & riote forfeted and miswent.
1581, Barnabe Rich, Riche His Farewell to Militarie Profession, published 1583:I now forsake the former tyme I spent. / And sorie am, for that I was miswent.