† misˈkeep, v. Obs.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To keep, guard, or observe badly or wrongly.
| 13.. Evang. Nicod. 915 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LIII. 408 We sall noght trow..Þe knyghtes þat him myskeped has Sen he in graue was layd. c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1301 If it be wrong dispendid or mys-kept. 1530 Palsgr. 638/1 The beste thyng in the worlde, if it be myskept, wyll marre in processe of tyme. a 1618 Sylvester Du Bartas, Mem. Mort. ii. lxxv. (1621) 1053 Misers mis-keep, and Prodigals mis-spend them. [a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (1711) 120 Prodigals mispend them, wretches miskeep them.] |