Definition of Misdrive

1. to drive wrongly or improperly [v -DROVE, -DRIVEN, -DRIVING, -DRIVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdrive

misdone
misdonne
misdoom
misdoubt
misdoubted
misdoubtful
misdoubting
misdoubts
misdraw
misdrawing
misdrawn
misdraws
misdread
misdreads
misdrew
misdrive (current term)
misdriven
misdrives
misdriving
misdrove
mise
mise-en-scene
mise en abyme
mise en place
mise en scene
misease
miseased
miseases
miseasy
miseat

Literary usage of Misdrive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Purgatory of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri (1892)
"Though that false chief the world misdrive, " Nature and wont such privilege give " To thine, they may not stray " Out of the perfect way. ..."

2. Letters to a Friend: On the State of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Question by Edward Augustus Kendall (1826)
"Take, however, a further step., let loose upon the bewildered people a pack of mercenary or untaught hounds; let orators and writers hourly misdrive and ..."

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