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Definition of Misgo
1. v. i. To go astray.
Definition of Misgo
1. Verb. (intransitive now rare or dialect) To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misgo
1. to go astray [v MISGONE, MISWENT, MISGOING, MISGOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misgo
Literary usage of Misgo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... the distress of the people to misgo- vernment, and the want of reform, a person
resident in the county of Nottingham, whose name was Brand reth, ..."
2. Arthur Coningsby by John Sterling (1833)
"Such are the substitutes which misgo- vernment and prejudice furnish for the
natural and healthy enjoyments of man." " He who has well considered the rights ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"To misgo'VERN. va lo govern ill; to administer unfaithfully. Mir. for Mag. ...
misgo'VERNMENT. «. s. Ill administration of publick affairs. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"I wot wel by the cradel I have misgo; Here lith the miller and his wif also.
Babees Boole (EETS), p. 310. ..."
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