▪ I. † misˈlive, v. Obs.
[mis-1 1. Cf. OHG. misselebên.]
intr. To live a bad life.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 324 Nu bið mannum sceamu þæt hi mislybban sceolon. a 1350 St. Matthew 468 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 137 He teches..Þo men þat mislifand ware To mend þam self. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 87 If he misliue in leudnes and lust. |
▪ II. mislive
variant of misleve.