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

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Definition of Misgo

1. to go astray [v MISGONE, MISWENT, MISGOING, MISGOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misgo

misfunctions
misgauge
misgauged
misgauges
misgauging
misgave
misgendered
misget
misgetting
misgive
misgiven
misgives
misgiving
misgivings
misgo (current term)
misgoes
misgoing
misgone
misgot
misgotten
misgovern
misgovernance
misgoverned
misgoverning
misgovernment
misgovernments
misgoverns
misgracious
misgrade

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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