† miˈscape, v. Obs.
[app. f. mis-1 1 + scape v.]
1. intr. To have a mishap, come to grief.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 283 (MS. Rawl.) Archa dei meskapud and ely brak his nekke. 1477 Norton Ord. Alch. iv. in Ashm. (1652) 49 Use one manner of Vessell in Matter and in Shape, Beware of Commixtion that nothing miscape [several Ashm. MSS. have mishappe]. |
2. trans. To escape (a person) sinfully.
| a 1535 Fisher Spirit. Consol. Wks. (1876) 359 Many deeds, words, and thoughtes, miscaped me in my lyfe. |