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▪ I. † misˈfaring, vbl. n. Obs.
[mis-1 3.]
Wrong-doing; transgression.
1595Spenser Col. Clout 758 For all the rest do most-what fare amis, And yet their owne misfaring will not see. For either they be puffed up with pride [etc.].
▪ II. † misˈfaring, ppl. a. Obs.
[mis-1 2.]
a. Transgressing, misbehaving.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 305/180 He [sc. Lucifer] may corsi euere-more his mis-farinde pruyte. a1300Leg. Rood (Ashm. MS.) 50 Eraclius þe emperour..Of þis mysuarynge prute [Vernon MS. mis farinde pruyde] hurde telle ilome. 13..K. Alis. 6470 Alle they [sc. the devil's sons] beon mysfaryng. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) iv. xxxviii. (1859) 65 So that the kynge put awey that foule, mysfarynge old one.
b. In evil plight.
c1450Guy Warw. (Camb.) 1118 He sawe a knyghte rydynge; Hys ryght arme was mysfarynge. |