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单词 misturn
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misturnv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈtəːn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtərn/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and turn v.; also Middle English mistormeþ (3rd singular present indicative, transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix1, turn v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + turn v., partly after Middle French mestorner (a1188 in Old French).
Now rare.
1. transitive. To turn (something) in a wrong direction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] > turn the reverse or wrong way
turna1200
misturna1350
overturna1382
reversec1400
revertc1440
inturn1573
retrograde1582
renversec1586
retrovert1782
roll1918
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > reverse natural or proper order
misturna1350
inverse?a1425
invert1533
transvert1552
preposterate1566
retrograde1582
rencounter1689
transverse1738
a1350 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1911) 127 42 (MED) Armes oþer legges misturnd wose syþ [in dreams], langour & mournyng þat biþ.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 349 The knee knoppe is selden when broken, but it is ofte tymes mysturnede.
a1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 187 To reduce a water-course that is misturned.
1894 T. D. English Select Poems 485 I lie concealed at every railway station; I break up wheels..I misturn switches.
2. transitive. To turn to a wrong use; to pervert, invert, or distort; to change for the worse. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > pervert
miswendc1325
misturna1382
pervertc1390
transpose1509
wrestc1530
bend1531
crooken1552
intervert1603
invert1603
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. xxxii. 7 Why mystorne [a1425 L.V. peruerten; L. subvertitis] ȝe þe þouȝtys of þe sonys of Irael.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Gal. i. 7 Ther ben summe that disturblen ȝou, and wolen mysturne [L. convertere] the euangelie of Crist.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 427 (MED) Diverse men..Thurgh sihte of hem [sc. monsters] mistorned were, Stondende as Stones hiere and there.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1617 (MED) Þam sall be wa Þat here mysturnes þair lyfe swa.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 142 (MED) Þou mysturnyst þe tyme þat god ordeynyd, for þou makyst day of nyȝt, & nyȝt of day.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 71 The unlefull synne of lecherye..mistornithe the ordre of nature.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 359/1 Tindal..manifestlye misturneth the mynde and sentence of our sauiour.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 239 Wherupon followeth, that ye doctrine of iustification is mistourned, yea ouerturned from the very foundation.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 398 The state of the Question is mis~tourned by the Romanistes.
3. intransitive. To turn in a wrong direction; to go wrong or awry. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move in wrong direction
misturna1393
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. 957 Whan this litel world mistormeþ [read mistorneþ], The grete world al overtorneth.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4302 (MED) If the Monthe of Juil schal frese And that Decembre schal ben hot, The yeer mistorneth, wel I wot.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxiv. 29 Bokes of moralyte techen what wey a trewe pylgrym owed for to take and not for to mystorne to one syde, ne to other.

Derivatives

misturning n. Obsolete
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or going wrong
misturningc1400
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. viii. 308 (MED) Ac þe wey ys so wyckede bote ho hadde a gyde Þat myght folwen ous ech fot, for drede of mys-tornynge.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5545 Fortune myshappyng Thurgh misturnyng of hir chaunce.
?c1475 in J. Norri Names of Sicknesses in Eng. 1400–1550 (1992) 144 Mysturnyng of þe face, also falling dovne to grounde, is a grete token.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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