misentreat
verbEtymology
From mis- + entreat.
- derived from tractāre
- derived from entraictier — “to have a conversation with (someone); to concern oneself with (something)”
- derived from entraiter
- derived from entraiter
- inherited from entreten — “to deal with (someone) in a specified way; to concern oneself with (something); to deal with or give an account of (a topic); to engage in negotiation; to intercede for (someone); to plead with (someone)”
Definitions
To treat wrongfully.
- A clerke‥sayd it was not hones […]to mysentrete the holy body by vyolente hondes.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for misentreat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA