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Definition of Misordering
1. misorder [v] - See also: misorder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misordering
Literary usage of Misordering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Irish Quarterly Review (1854)
"... it provides that if the person or persons so brought over shall be apprehended
wandering, begging, or otherwise " misordering" himself or herself as ..."
2. A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging by Charles James Ribton-Turner (1887)
"Any person is at liberty to apprehend any rogue or vagabond found wandering and
begging, or misordering him or herself, and is entitled to a reward of 2s. ..."
3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"But if the child muss, either in forgetting a word, or in changing a pood with
a worse, or misordering the sentence, I would not have the master either ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... or sturdy beggars, and "taken begging in every part of this realm, or taken
vagrant, wandering and misordering themselves," were upon their apprehension ..."
5. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"Any such persons found begging, wandering, or misordering themselves shall, by
the appointment of any justice, constable, ..."
6. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1908)
"... in dealing with freshmen:1 "But if the childe misse, either in forgetting a
worde, or in changing a good with a worse, or misordering the sentence, ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... vagabonds, or sturdy beggars, and " taken begging in every part of this realm,
or taken vagrant, wandering and misordering themselves," were upon their ..."
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