▪ I. † misˈdread, n.
[mis-1 4.]
Dread of evil.
| 1608 Shakes. Per. i. ii. 12 (Qo. 1) The passions of the mind, That haue their first conception by misdread. |
▪ II. † misˈdread, v. Obs.
[mis-1 1.]
1. refl. and intr. To have fear, be in dread.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 1567 Misdrede ȝow neuer; I wil fulfille alle forwardes feiþli in dede! 1597–8 Bp. Hall Sat., Defiance to Envie 25 Needs me then hope, or doth me need misdread? |
2. trans. To dread (some evil).
| 1606 G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xxxi. 104 To auoyd a mischiefe which he misdreaded. Ibid. xxxv. 113 Alexander..misdreding no hostility prepared against him at all. |