单词 | misusing |
释义 | misusingn. 1. The action of misusing something; wrong use, misapplication; an instance of this. Now rare. 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 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 71 (MED) Petir took this power and grace of God in veyn and pryueth hymsilf of his power for mysusing therof. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 109v Somtyme þey beþ I-clepid aspectis be misvsinge of þat name aspecte. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 56 (MED) Euere þe betre þat a þing is, þe worse & þe more abhominable is þe mysusynge þer-of. a1456 (a1407) H. Scogan Moral Balade (Ashm.) 95 in F. J. Furnivall Chaucer's Minor Poems (1879) iii. 430/1 Thorughe misvsing of right. 1488–9 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 6 Through the negligence of..kepers..and by mysusyng of their Offices, the dere..is destroied. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) f. 238 All vnlawfull vsurpyng or misvsynge of the temporall goodes of ony persone. ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste i. ii. f. iii The more cunnynge thou haste yf thou lyue not therafter the more greuously shalte thou therfore be iuged for the myssevsynge therof. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 150 For misusinge of the Kinges commission and powelinge of his subjectes. 1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration 36 Whether the Magistrate's Opinion can change..the Power he has, or excuse him to his Judg[e] for misusing of it. 1814 J. West Alicia de Lacy II. 197 To render a strict account of our intrusted ten talents, for the mis-usings of reputation, of knowledge, of time. 1874 W. Bright Hymns 22 Look not on our misusings of Thy grace. 1997 Frontline (Electronic ed.) 14 There is an innocence in these ‘misusings’ that exculpates the commerce. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 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 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 153 Hou abhominable is the mysusinge of prelatis and seculer lordis, that..withdrawen hem vntruli fro here gostli cure. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 346/2 He semed verye penitent of hys mysseusing of hymself, in falling to Tyndalles heresies agayne. 1540 Sir W. Eure Let. Jan. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 280 For the reformacion of the mysusing of the Spiritualtie in Scotlande. 1586 Burgh Court Perth 25 Oct. For misusing of them in tym of mercat. 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 1548 MS Acct. Bk. Butchers' Co., London Recd of Robert Pycke for mysseussyng of John Bluckenold before the Warden 3. 4d. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 5 b [They] haue liued..more vpon the spoile, and misusing of the common people. a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 74 To have recompensed the schamefull cuffing and misvsing of my kindsman. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een mishandelinge, a Mis-using. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1395 |
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