† misworkv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To create or manufacture badly. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > construct or manufacture clumsily or unskilfully
misworkOE
mismakec1175
bodgie1984
OE Ælfric Homily (Trin. Cambr. B.15.34) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 534 Ac hy woldon hym sylfe þæt hy halige wæron, and wæron swaþeah misworohte wiðinnan.
a1626 F. Bacon Charge at Session of Verge (1662) 19 That which is miswrought will miswear.
2. transitive. With indefinite object: to do amiss. Cf. misdo v. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)]
aguiltOE
misdoOE
misworkc1300
sinc1315
usec1330
erra1340
trespass14..
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > take wrongly, mistake [verb (transitive)] > do wrongly
misworkc1300
mistakea1382
abuse1548
c1300 Assumption of Virgin (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1901) l. 187 Ȝef ihc habbe eny þing mis wroȝt [a1425 BL Add. mys wrouȝt], Telleȝ hit me.
c1390 Form of Confession (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 342 I haue euel dispendet my fyue wittes: what wiþ eȝen seȝen.., wiþ al my bodi mis-wrouȝt.
c1400 W. Nassington Speculum Vitae (Cambr.) 210 in Englische Studien (1884) 7 471/1 In þis we aske..Forȝyfnes of þat we han myswrowht.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 1993 Turne agayne þan may he noght For to amend þat he has myswroght.
c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 2930 Yif any thing I ha myswrought.
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Avv Howe ye haue small contrycion Of that ye haue myswrought.
c1557 Enterlude of Youth (new ed.) sig. Ciii And amende that thou hast myswrought.
3. intransitive. To act wrongly; to commit an offence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [verb (intransitive)]
guiltc825
misdoOE
misfereOE
misnimc1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
misguiltc1330
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
digress1541
transgress1662
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do evil or wrong [verb (intransitive)] > transgress or offend
guiltc825
sinc825
to break a bruchec1225
trespass1303
forfeita1325
folly1357
misworka1375
transverse1377
offendc1384
mistakec1390
faulta1400
commit1449
misprize1485
transgress1526
digress1541
misdeal1573
to commit (also do, make) an offence1841
overstep1931
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 5148 Þat sche wold miswerche wrongli any time.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) i. xv. 12 I am that same that hyely haue myswrought.
a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 4239 (MED) Whanne a wicked womman haþ miswroght, She neuere repentiþ hir noght.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 113 A-ȝens god þou hast mys-wrought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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