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missway

verb

Etymology

From mis- + sway.

  1. derived from *sweh₁-✻
  2. derived from *swaigijaną✻
  3. derived from *swaigijan✻
  4. derived from *swǣġan✻ — “to bend, bow”
  5. inherited from sweyen
  6. prefixed as missway — “mis + sway”

Definitions

  1. To sway or influence to an unfortunate result.

    • Through misswaying, it seemed to decline.
    • The swiftness of motion or violent passions will missway our inclinations or propensions, though in themselves moderate, as far as the settled weight of an habituate inclination or custom.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA