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Definition of Misween
1. v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken.
Definition of Misween
1. Verb. (obsolete) To believe wrongly; to misconceive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misween
1. to judge wrongly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misween
Literary usage of Misween
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... magnitude Melts—makes me merry, Madeline I Match-making ma's may machinate,
Manoeuvring misses me misween ; Mere money may make ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"WHY then should witless man so much misween, That nothing is, but that which he
hath seen."—Ibid. No persons are made miserable by the reformed religion ..."
3. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"B Match-making mas may machinate, Manoeuvring misses me misween; Mere money may
make many mate; My magic motto's, "Madeline!" Melt, most mellifluous melody, ..."
4. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Sir Daniel Wilson (1862)
"... And later times things more unknown shall show ; Why then should witless man
so much misween That nothing is but that which he hath seen ? ..."
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