misyoke, v.
(mɪsˈjəʊk)
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To yoke or join (in marriage) unsuitably. Also intr., to be so yoked.
| 1645 Milton Divorce i. viii. 18 Therefore saith the Apostle 2 Cor. 6, ‘Mis-yoke not together with infidels’, which is interpreted of marriage. Ibid. ii. xix. 70 Hinder'd in wedlock by mis-yoking with a diversity of nature as well as of religion. 1645 ― Tetrach. Wks. 1851 IV. 150 Where the yoke is mis-yok't, heretick with faithfull. 1872 Tennyson Last Tourn. 566 Misyoked with such a want of man. |