misusen.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈjuːs/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈjus/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and use n.; also Middle English misevse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, use n.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + use n., probably partly after Old French, Middle French mesus (1283; < mes- mis- prefix² + us use n.).

a. Wrong or improper use; misapplication; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun]

abusion?1387

misusing1395

misusea1398

abusingc1450

abuse?1473

misordering1526

abusage1548

misusage1567

misemployment1597

missaw1614

misimprovement1644

abusivenessa1677

misemploying1686

violation1795

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 19^v Isider seiþ, by a mys vse ‘homo’, a man, haþ þe name of ‘humo’, þe erþe.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v Misevse, Abusio.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 88 To be ware, leaste by mysvse of oure free wylle we falle in blyndnesse.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 226 All this inconuenience grew by misuse of one word, which being otherwise spoken & in some sort qualified, had easily holpen all.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 244 How much names taken for Things, are apt to mislead the Vnderstanding,..and that, perhaps, in Words little suspected of any such misuse.

1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. 431 Lest he should punish our misuse of his Mercies, by stopping the Course of them.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. §3. 391 A great Misuse of Time to dwell upon such Speculations.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 221 The proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. xiii. 99 If it had been possible, Miss Manette, that you could have returned the love of the man you see before you—self-flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misuse as you know him to be.

1885 Manch. Examiner 28 Mar. 5/4 The gross misuse of his public position for private profit.

1915 Nation (N.Y.) 11 Feb. 161/2 We do not know when we have witnessed so disgusting a misuse of Federal authority.

1973 W. Barlow Alexander Princ. iii. 33 The typist may sit in the statistically perfect chair, but her basic habits of mis-use still persist.

1987 Q Oct. 102/4 The word ‘classic’ is prone to wild misuse.

b. spec. The non-therapeutic, improper, or excessive use of a drug. Cf. abuse n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun]

habit1887

misuse1890

sleigh-ride1925

sleigh-riding1934

scoring1967

substance abuse1967

1890 A. Lang Old Friends xvi. 135 The wanton misuse, or rather the misuseful wantonness, of the Indian herb [sc. tobacco].

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 214/1 During March, 1964 the British national press carried reports alleging misuse of anti-parkinsonian drugs amongst young persons.

1990 Health Educ. Jrnl. 49 156 Scotland..has just issued its consultative document, setting targets for Scotland on such subjects as CHD, cancer, smoking and alcohol misuse.

1997 Independent 25 June 15/7 (letter) HFC 134a has potential for deliberate misuse as a drug.

†2. Misconduct; a misdeed or misdemeanour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

delinquency1603

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]

fiend-thewsc1275

misgovernancec1375

misusing1395

misrule?1406

misgovernmentc1450

misguiding1480

thowlessness1489

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

prevarication1561

misguide1596

malconduct1684

misconduct1717

malversation1752

misdealing1851

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlvi Let these Folys auoyde this mad mysuse And folowe the right way of vertuous grauyte.

1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. xviii. 47 Thus plainly ye se one mischievous misuse in this mass.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. ii. 112 How haue I bin behau'd, that he might sticke The small'st opinion on my least misvse?

3. Ill-treatment. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun]

mishandlinga1393

deraya1400

villainya1400

outraya1425

mistreating1453

mispersoning1522

misentreating1531

misusing1548

misusage1555

misuse1591

abuse1595

hard measure1611

ill usage1621

evil-usage1645

ill-treatment1667

maltreatment1702

mistreatment1716

punishment1811

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [noun] > treatment embodying

unkindnessc1390

mishandlinga1393

mistreating1453

misusage1555

misuse1591

ill-treatment1667

maltreatment1702

mistreatment1716

1591–2 Baillie Court Bk. St. Andrews & Deerness 21 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The gryt misws of the said Margaret..be the said Agnes..quhairbye scho is bittin throw the lip.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 43 Vpon whose dead corpes there was such misuse, Such beastly shamelesse transformation By those Welch-women done.

1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart i. i. 10 The Catholics naked here to all misuse Fall off in numbered force, in means and power.

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misusev.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈjuːz/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈjuz/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and use v.; also Middle English misseuse, Middle English mysevse, 1500s mysseusse, 1500s myssevse, 1500s myssuse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, use v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + use v., probably partly after Old French mesuser (see misuser n.²).

a. transitive. To use wrongly or improperly; to apply to a wrong purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)]

misnote?c1225

disusec1380

misusea1382

abusec1430

misbehave?1529

misemploy1609

misdemeana1625

misimprove1648

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Esther xiii. 2 I wolde not þe mykilnesse of my power mys-vsen [L. abuti], but with mercy & softenesse gouernen þe soogetis.

c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 252 (MED) Many men mysosiþ her power.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vii. 28 The comune word of men..mysuseth this manere speche of fortune.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. dij Som folke mysuse this terme draw.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 378 in Poems (1899) 59 What dishonnour is to hym..That mysguideth his liuelode..And al his reuenues mysvseth!

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 13 I haue misused the kinges presse damnablie.

1620 Hist. Fr. Rush in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) I. 289 He had so vildly misused the order of his religion.

1656 J. Trapp Comm. Eph. i. 5 The doctrine of predestination was much misused and exagitated.

1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich xix. 111 At the House is a Stone Coffin misused for a Trough.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 244 A king cannot misuse his power, without the advice of evil counsellors.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 115 The Powers, who wait On noble deeds, cancell'd a sense misused.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 107 It turns a man's stomach t' hear the Scripture misused i' that way.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xviii Neither his justice nor his goodness obliging Him to prevent the recipients of freedom from misusing the gift.

1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. i. 13 The councillors would be surcharged (that is, required by the courts to pay back the money misused).

b. transitive. spec. To take (a drug) excessively, improperly, or for non-therapeutic purposes. Cf. abuse v. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (transitive)]

abuse1901

drop1966

do1969

misuse1970

1970 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 2/3 An early warning system to alert doctors of the latest drug, Mandrax, being misused has been called for.

1988 Which? July 332/2 It's only a minority of people who have tried drugs who go on to misuse them regularly.

1991 Canoeist (BNC) Oct. 20 The book opens with an explanation of..how drugs are misused.

1995 Guardian 18 Oct. i. 8/7 The notorious ‘jellies’, the gelatin-filled capsules widely misused as ‘downers’ by addicts.

a. transitive. To subject to ill-treatment; to treat badly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)]

misbedeOE

wait1303

beshrewc1325

misusea1382

mistreat1453

mishandle1530

misorder1550

mumble1588

maltreat1681

ill-treat1794

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]

tuckc888

tawc893

misbedeOE

graithc1330

to fare fair or foul with1340

misusea1382

outrayc1390

beshrewc1430

huspelc1440

misentreat1450

mistreat1453

abuse?1473

to mayne evil1481

demean1483

to put (a person) to villainya1513

harry1530

mishandle1530

touse1531

misorder1550

worrya1556

yark1565

mumble1588

buse1589

crow-tread1593

disabuse1607

maltreat1681

squeeze1691

ill-treat1794

punish1801

tousle1826

ill-use1841

razoo1890

mess1896

to play horse with1896

to bugger about1921

slug1925

to give (a person) the works1927

to kick about or around1938

mess1963

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxvi. 13 In a doȝter not turnyng awei hirself fastne warde, lest ocasioun founden she mysvse hirself [L. utatur se].

c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1925) 40 246 (MED) We misseusen al þes creaturs..we distroy hem eche day.

1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 99 With moche other wrongs and injuries that I and other hath been mysused in tymes past.

1553 Act 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 3 §1 Yf any person..shall..molest..disquiet or misuse, any Preachour.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1173 I was taken by the Turks and misused and almost slain.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 128 Whereupon Walton beat the prisoner, haleing and dragginge him towardes the common goale, and otherwise misused him.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 148 Men deal with life, as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lvi. 261 They haven't been misusing you with sticks, or pokers..have they, Johnny?

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 78 Who misuses a dog would misuse a child—they cannot speak for themselves.

1897 W. Beatty Secretar 414 He had the ill-fortune to see a gentlemen being misused by some souldiers.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 47 The innumerable occasions on which Fortune had misused her.

1980 A. J. Blignaut Dead End Road 26 At that time you could shoot an arrow into someone who had misused you.

b. transitive. To violate (a woman). Later gen. (U.S.): to abuse (a person) sexually.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape

to do (a) shamec1275

afforcec1330

beforcec1375

misusea1382

oppressa1382

enforcec1386

ravisha1387

forcea1400

betravaila1425

trespass1427

supprisea1450

violatec1450

viole?c1450

stuprate?1526

devour1530

stupre1548

constuprate1550

rape1574

suppress1590

harry1591

constrain1594

abripe1623

obstuprate1658

spoil1678

to rip off1967

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges xix. 25 Þe whiche whan al nyȝt þei hadden mys-vsyd, þei laftyn hir erly.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 156 Þese knytes..cleped up þe kyng, and told him who Mortimer..mysused his moder þe qween.

1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God v Of late dayes thu hast mysused Bersabe, The wyfe of Urye.

c1540 W. Sampson in Old Ways (1892) 106 Bicause I have myseused here, I intende to make [her] a goode woman.

1991 Police Nov. 56/2 ‘Man, I really misused that motherfucker,’ he replied. ‘I made a bitch out of him before I killed his ass.’

†3. transitive. To deceive, delude. Cf. abuse v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]

aschrenchc885

blendc888

swikec950

belirtOE

beswike971

blencha1000

blenka1000

belieOE

becatchc1175

trokec1175

beguile?c1225

biwrench?c1225

guile?c1225

trechec1230

unordainc1300

blink1303

deceivec1320

feintc1330

trechetc1330

misusea1382

blind1382

forgo1382

beglose1393

troil1393

turnc1405

lirt?a1425

abuse?a1439

ludify1447

amuse1480

wilec1480

trump1487

delude?a1505

sile1508

betrumpa1522

blear1530

aveugle1543

mislippen1552

pot1560

disglose1565

oversile1568

blaze1570

blirre1570

bleck1573

overtake1581

fail1590

bafflea1592

blanch1592

geck?a1600

hallucinate1604

hoodwink1610

intrigue1612

guggle1617

nigglea1625

nose-wipe1628

cog1629

cheat1637

flam1637

nurse1639

jilt1660

top1663

chaldese1664

bilk1672

bejuggle1680

nuzzlec1680

snub1694

bite1709

nebus1712

fugle1719

to take in1740

have?1780

quirk1791

rum1812

rattlesnake1818

chicane1835

to suck in1842

mogue1854

blinker1865

to have on1867

mag1869

sleight1876

bumfuzzle1878

swop1890

wool1890

spruce1917

jive1928

shit1934

smokescreen1950

dick1964

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xv. 36 Fro þi flesh kut hir awei, lest euermor sche mys-vse þee.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. ii. 25 Proofe enough, to misuse the prince, to vexe Claudio,..and kill Leonato.

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxxii. sig. S3^v Wee are misvsed by these spirites both night and day.

†4. transitive (reflexive). To conduct oneself improperly; = misbehave v. 1a. Cf. misusing n. 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1581 cf. quot. 1572 at misorder v. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)]

misbearc1300

misguyc1375

misleada1393

misrulea1393

misgovernc1400

misordera1450

misbehave1475

misdemeana1525

mishave1528

misuse1532

dismeanor1598

misdemeanour1620

misconduct1812

1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 109 For the Mysvsage of Seriaunts...Yf any of the serjaunts..doth mysusse themselfe, or geve not attendans to the Mayre, Aldermen, and Bayllyffs.

a1541 Countess of Salisbury Let. in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) I. 309 Truly she misused herself in giving you any such knowledge on my behalf, for I assure you that I did give unto her no commandment so to do.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xxi. 192 If any such person..shall bee taken begging, or wandring, or missusing hymselfe.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 385 I schame to tell Sa oft as I misvsit my sell, In guyding of the giftis of grace.

1601 in W. B. Cook & D. B. Morris Stirling Guildry Bk. (1916) 16 He personallie sauld merchandise..and sua..hes misusit him self.

1605 W. Camden Remaines 211 [The King] caused him to repaire to his presence, requiring of him for what cause he had so mis-used himselfe.

†5. transitive. To speak evil of; to abuse verbally; to deride. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)]

vilea1300

rebutc1330

revilea1393

arunt1399

stainc1450

brawl1474

vituper1484

rebalk1501

to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542

rattle1542

vituperate1542

bedaub1570

beray1576

bespurt1579

wring1581

misuse1583

caperclaw1589

abuse1592

rail1592

exagitate1593

to shoot atc1595

belabour1596

to scour one's mouth on1598

bespurtle1604

conviciate1604

scandala1616

delitigate1623

betongue1639

bespatter1644

rant1647

palt1648

opprobriatea1657

pelt1658

proscind1659

inveigh1670

clapperclaw1692

blackguard1767

philippize1804

drub1811

foul-mouth1822

bullyrag1823

target1837

barge1841

to light on ——1842

slang1844

villainize1857

slangwhang1880

slam-bang1888

vituperize1894

bad-mouth1941

slag1958

zing1962

to dump on (occasionally all over)1967

1583 W. Fletewood Jrnl. in Coll. Malone Soc. (1911) I. ii. 161 He haith misvsed my lo[rd] of Oxenford w^th wordes of indignitie.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 128/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II None taunting, checking, or misusing an other in anie vnseemelie wordes or deeds.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 425 Socrates was brought vpon the Stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiii. 79 Doe you not heare him misuse mee in words?

†6. transitive. To speak falsely of, misrepresent. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)]

disguise1398

colourc1400

abuse?a1439

wrest1524

beliec1531

to spell (one) backward1600

misuse1609

bowa1616

falsify1630

misrepresent1633

traduce1643

garble1659

miscolour1661

misrender1674

travesty1825

misdescribe1827

skew1872

misportray1925

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets clii. sig. I4^v All my vowes are othes but to misuse thee.

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单词	misuse
释义	misusen. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈjuːs/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈjus/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and use n.; also Middle English misevse. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, use n. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + use n., probably partly after Old French, Middle French mesus (1283; < mes- mis- prefix² + us use n.). 1. a. Wrong or improper use; misapplication; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] abusion?1387 misusing1395 misusea1398 abusingc1450 abuse?1473 misordering1526 abusage1548 misusage1567 misemployment1597 missaw1614 misimprovement1644 abusivenessa1677 misemploying1686 violation1795 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 19^v Isider seiþ, by a mys vse ‘homo’, a man, haþ þe name of ‘humo’, þe erþe. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 81^v Misevse, Abusio. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 88 To be ware, leaste by mysvse of oure free wylle we falle in blyndnesse. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 226 All this inconuenience grew by misuse of one word, which being otherwise spoken & in some sort qualified, had easily holpen all. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 244 How much names taken for Things, are apt to mislead the Vnderstanding,..and that, perhaps, in Words little suspected of any such misuse. 1708 F. Atterbury 14 Serm. 431 Lest he should punish our misuse of his Mercies, by stopping the Course of them. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. §3. 391 A great Misuse of Time to dwell upon such Speculations. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 221 The proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. xiii. 99 If it had been possible, Miss Manette, that you could have returned the love of the man you see before you—self-flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misuse as you know him to be. 1885 Manch. Examiner 28 Mar. 5/4 The gross misuse of his public position for private profit. 1915 Nation (N.Y.) 11 Feb. 161/2 We do not know when we have witnessed so disgusting a misuse of Federal authority. 1973 W. Barlow Alexander Princ. iii. 33 The typist may sit in the statistically perfect chair, but her basic habits of mis-use still persist. 1987 Q Oct. 102/4 The word ‘classic’ is prone to wild misuse. b. spec. The non-therapeutic, improper, or excessive use of a drug. Cf. abuse n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] habit1887 misuse1890 sleigh-ride1925 sleigh-riding1934 scoring1967 substance abuse1967 1890 A. Lang Old Friends xvi. 135 The wanton misuse, or rather the misuseful wantonness, of the Indian herb [sc. tobacco]. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 214/1 During March, 1964 the British national press carried reports alleging misuse of anti-parkinsonian drugs amongst young persons. 1990 Health Educ. Jrnl. 49 156 Scotland..has just issued its consultative document, setting targets for Scotland on such subjects as CHD, cancer, smoking and alcohol misuse. 1997 Independent 25 June 15/7 (letter) HFC 134a has potential for deliberate misuse as a drug. †2. Misconduct; a misdeed or misdemeanour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlvi Let these Folys auoyde this mad mysuse And folowe the right way of vertuous grauyte. 1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. xviii. 47 Thus plainly ye se one mischievous misuse in this mass. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. ii. 112 How haue I bin behau'd, that he might sticke The small'st opinion on my least misvse? 3. Ill-treatment. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [noun] mishandlinga1393 deraya1400 villainya1400 outraya1425 mistreating1453 mispersoning1522 misentreating1531 misusing1548 misusage1555 misuse1591 abuse1595 hard measure1611 ill usage1621 evil-usage1645 ill-treatment1667 maltreatment1702 mistreatment1716 punishment1811 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [noun] > treatment embodying unkindnessc1390 mishandlinga1393 mistreating1453 misusage1555 misuse1591 ill-treatment1667 maltreatment1702 mistreatment1716 1591–2 Baillie Court Bk. St. Andrews & Deerness 21 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The gryt misws of the said Margaret..be the said Agnes..quhairbye scho is bittin throw the lip. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 43 Vpon whose dead corpes there was such misuse, Such beastly shamelesse transformation By those Welch-women done. View more context for this quotation 1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart i. i. 10 The Catholics naked here to all misuse Fall off in numbered force, in means and power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misusev. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈjuːz/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈjuz/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and use v.; also Middle English misseuse, Middle English mysevse, 1500s mysseusse, 1500s myssevse, 1500s myssuse. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, use v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + use v., probably partly after Old French mesuser (see misuser n.²). 1. a. transitive. To use wrongly or improperly; to apply to a wrong purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] misnote?c1225 disusec1380 misusea1382 abusec1430 misbehave?1529 misemploy1609 misdemeana1625 misimprove1648 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Esther xiii. 2 I wolde not þe mykilnesse of my power mys-vsen [L. abuti], but with mercy & softenesse gouernen þe soogetis. c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 252 (MED) Many men mysosiþ her power. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vii. 28 The comune word of men..mysuseth this manere speche of fortune. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. dij Som folke mysuse this terme draw. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 378 in Poems (1899) 59 What dishonnour is to hym..That mysguideth his liuelode..And al his reuenues mysvseth! 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 13 I haue misused the kinges presse damnablie. View more context for this quotation 1620 Hist. Fr. Rush in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) I. 289 He had so vildly misused the order of his religion. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Eph. i. 5 The doctrine of predestination was much misused and exagitated. 1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich xix. 111 At the House is a Stone Coffin misused for a Trough. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 244 A king cannot misuse his power, without the advice of evil counsellors. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 115 The Powers, who wait On noble deeds, cancell'd a sense misused. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 107 It turns a man's stomach t' hear the Scripture misused i' that way. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xviii Neither his justice nor his goodness obliging Him to prevent the recipients of freedom from misusing the gift. 1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. i. 13 The councillors would be surcharged (that is, required by the courts to pay back the money misused). b. transitive. spec. To take (a drug) excessively, improperly, or for non-therapeutic purposes. Cf. abuse v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (transitive)] abuse1901 drop1966 do1969 misuse1970 1970 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 2/3 An early warning system to alert doctors of the latest drug, Mandrax, being misused has been called for. 1988 Which? July 332/2 It's only a minority of people who have tried drugs who go on to misuse them regularly. 1991 Canoeist (BNC) Oct. 20 The book opens with an explanation of..how drugs are misused. 1995 Guardian 18 Oct. i. 8/7 The notorious ‘jellies’, the gelatin-filled capsules widely misused as ‘downers’ by addicts. 2. a. transitive. To subject to ill-treatment; to treat badly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)] misbedeOE wait1303 beshrewc1325 misusea1382 mistreat1453 mishandle1530 misorder1550 mumble1588 maltreat1681 ill-treat1794 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] tuckc888 tawc893 misbedeOE graithc1330 to fare fair or foul with1340 misusea1382 outrayc1390 beshrewc1430 huspelc1440 misentreat1450 mistreat1453 abuse?1473 to mayne evil1481 demean1483 to put (a person) to villainya1513 harry1530 mishandle1530 touse1531 misorder1550 worrya1556 yark1565 mumble1588 buse1589 crow-tread1593 disabuse1607 maltreat1681 squeeze1691 ill-treat1794 punish1801 tousle1826 ill-use1841 razoo1890 mess1896 to play horse with1896 to bugger about1921 slug1925 to give (a person) the works1927 to kick about or around1938 mess1963 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xxvi. 13 In a doȝter not turnyng awei hirself fastne warde, lest ocasioun founden she mysvse hirself [L. utatur se]. c1450 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1925) 40 246 (MED) We misseusen al þes creaturs..we distroy hem eche day. 1540 in R. G. Marsden Select Pleas Court Admiralty (1894) I. 99 With moche other wrongs and injuries that I and other hath been mysused in tymes past. 1553 Act 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 3 §1 Yf any person..shall..molest..disquiet or misuse, any Preachour. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1173 I was taken by the Turks and misused and almost slain. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 128 Whereupon Walton beat the prisoner, haleing and dragginge him towardes the common goale, and otherwise misused him. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 148 Men deal with life, as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lvi. 261 They haven't been misusing you with sticks, or pokers..have they, Johnny? 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 78 Who misuses a dog would misuse a child—they cannot speak for themselves. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar 414 He had the ill-fortune to see a gentlemen being misused by some souldiers. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. 47 The innumerable occasions on which Fortune had misused her. 1980 A. J. Blignaut Dead End Road 26 At that time you could shoot an arrow into someone who had misused you. b. transitive. To violate (a woman). Later gen. (U.S.): to abuse (a person) sexually. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > rape to do (a) shamec1275 afforcec1330 beforcec1375 misusea1382 oppressa1382 enforcec1386 ravisha1387 forcea1400 betravaila1425 trespass1427 supprisea1450 violatec1450 viole?c1450 stuprate?1526 devour1530 stupre1548 constuprate1550 rape1574 suppress1590 harry1591 constrain1594 abripe1623 obstuprate1658 spoil1678 to rip off1967 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges xix. 25 Þe whiche whan al nyȝt þei hadden mys-vsyd, þei laftyn hir erly. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 156 Þese knytes..cleped up þe kyng, and told him who Mortimer..mysused his moder þe qween. 1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God v Of late dayes thu hast mysused Bersabe, The wyfe of Urye. c1540 W. Sampson in Old Ways (1892) 106 Bicause I have myseused here, I intende to make [her] a goode woman. 1991 Police Nov. 56/2 ‘Man, I really misused that motherfucker,’ he replied. ‘I made a bitch out of him before I killed his ass.’ †3. transitive. To deceive, delude. Cf. abuse v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)] aschrenchc885 blendc888 swikec950 belirtOE beswike971 blencha1000 blenka1000 belieOE becatchc1175 trokec1175 beguile?c1225 biwrench?c1225 guile?c1225 trechec1230 unordainc1300 blink1303 deceivec1320 feintc1330 trechetc1330 misusea1382 blind1382 forgo1382 beglose1393 troil1393 turnc1405 lirt?a1425 abuse?a1439 ludify1447 amuse1480 wilec1480 trump1487 delude?a1505 sile1508 betrumpa1522 blear1530 aveugle1543 mislippen1552 pot1560 disglose1565 oversile1568 blaze1570 blirre1570 bleck1573 overtake1581 fail1590 bafflea1592 blanch1592 geck?a1600 hallucinate1604 hoodwink1610 intrigue1612 guggle1617 nigglea1625 nose-wipe1628 cog1629 cheat1637 flam1637 nurse1639 jilt1660 top1663 chaldese1664 bilk1672 bejuggle1680 nuzzlec1680 snub1694 bite1709 nebus1712 fugle1719 to take in1740 have?1780 quirk1791 rum1812 rattlesnake1818 chicane1835 to suck in1842 mogue1854 blinker1865 to have on1867 mag1869 sleight1876 bumfuzzle1878 swop1890 wool1890 spruce1917 jive1928 shit1934 smokescreen1950 dick1964 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xv. 36 Fro þi flesh kut hir awei, lest euermor sche mys-vse þee. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. ii. 25 Proofe enough, to misuse the prince, to vexe Claudio,..and kill Leonato. View more context for this quotation 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxxii. sig. S3^v Wee are misvsed by these spirites both night and day. †4. transitive (reflexive). To conduct oneself improperly; = misbehave v. 1a. Cf. misusing n. 2. Obsolete.With quot. 1581 cf. quot. 1572 at misorder v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > behave badly [verb (reflexive)] misbearc1300 misguyc1375 misleada1393 misrulea1393 misgovernc1400 misordera1450 misbehave1475 misdemeana1525 mishave1528 misuse1532 dismeanor1598 misdemeanour1620 misconduct1812 1532 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 109 For the Mysvsage of Seriaunts...Yf any of the serjaunts..doth mysusse themselfe, or geve not attendans to the Mayre, Aldermen, and Bayllyffs. a1541 Countess of Salisbury Let. in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) I. 309 Truly she misused herself in giving you any such knowledge on my behalf, for I assure you that I did give unto her no commandment so to do. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xxi. 192 If any such person..shall bee taken begging, or wandring, or missusing hymselfe. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 385 I schame to tell Sa oft as I misvsit my sell, In guyding of the giftis of grace. 1601 in W. B. Cook & D. B. Morris Stirling Guildry Bk. (1916) 16 He personallie sauld merchandise..and sua..hes misusit him self. 1605 W. Camden Remaines 211 [The King] caused him to repaire to his presence, requiring of him for what cause he had so mis-used himselfe. †5. transitive. To speak evil of; to abuse verbally; to deride. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] vilea1300 rebutc1330 revilea1393 arunt1399 stainc1450 brawl1474 vituper1484 rebalk1501 to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542 rattle1542 vituperate1542 bedaub1570 beray1576 bespurt1579 wring1581 misuse1583 caperclaw1589 abuse1592 rail1592 exagitate1593 to shoot atc1595 belabour1596 to scour one's mouth on1598 bespurtle1604 conviciate1604 scandala1616 delitigate1623 betongue1639 bespatter1644 rant1647 palt1648 opprobriatea1657 pelt1658 proscind1659 inveigh1670 clapperclaw1692 blackguard1767 philippize1804 drub1811 foul-mouth1822 bullyrag1823 target1837 barge1841 to light on ——1842 slang1844 villainize1857 slangwhang1880 slam-bang1888 vituperize1894 bad-mouth1941 slag1958 zing1962 to dump on (occasionally all over)1967 1583 W. Fletewood Jrnl. in Coll. Malone Soc. (1911) I. ii. 161 He haith misvsed my lo[rd] of Oxenford w^th wordes of indignitie. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 128/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II None taunting, checking, or misusing an other in anie vnseemelie wordes or deeds. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 425 Socrates was brought vpon the Stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xiii. 79 Doe you not heare him misuse mee in words? †6. transitive. To speak falsely of, misrepresent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] disguise1398 colourc1400 abuse?a1439 wrest1524 beliec1531 to spell (one) backward1600 misuse1609 bowa1616 falsify1630 misrepresent1633 traduce1643 garble1659 miscolour1661 misrender1674 travesty1825 misdescribe1827 skew1872 misportray1925 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets clii. sig. I4^v All my vowes are othes but to misuse thee. 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