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单词 mis-seek
释义

mis-seekv.

Forms: see mis- prefix1 and seek v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, seek v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + seek v. Compare slightly earlier mis-seeking n. Compare also missought adj. N.E.D. (1907) indicates the stress as misˈseek.
Obsolete.
transitive. To seek wrongly or misguidedly. Also intransitive. See also mis-seeking n.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (intransitive)] > desire wrongly
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > desire wrongly
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a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 94 The thing that moost is your desire Ye do mysseke with more travaill and care.
a1628 F. Greville Cælica lxvi, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 211 The heart of man mis-seeking for the best.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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