† misˈwork, v. Obs.
Chiefly in pa. pple. miswrought.
[mis-1 1.]
1. trans. (with indefinite obj.) To do amiss.
| a 1300 Assump. Virg. (Camb. MS.) 187 Ȝef ihc habbe eny þing mis wroȝt, Tellez hit me. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1993 Turne agayne þan may he noght For to amend þat he has myswroght. c 1407 Lydg. Reas. & Sens. 2930 Yif any thing I ha myswrought. a 1529 Skelton Replyc. Wks. I. 214 Howe ye haue small contrycion Of that ye haue mys⁓wrought. 1554 Interlude of Youth C iij, And amende that thou hast myswrought. |
2. intr. To act amiss; to commit an offence.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 5148 Þat sche wold miswerche wrongli any time. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) i. xv. 12, I am that same that hyely haue myswrought. c 1450 Cov. Myst. 121 Aȝens God thou hast myswrought. |
3. trans. To manufacture badly.
| a 1626 Bacon Charge Sess. Verge (1662) 19 That which is miswrought will miswear. |