Etymology

misbid

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Today it means: To injure; mistreat. Full definition →

Middle English misbidden ← Old English misbēodan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommisbēodan“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”
  2. Middle English · inherited frommisbeden“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”
  3. Middle English · inherited frommisbidden
  4. English todaymisbid

From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- + bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + bid (“to offer, declare”).

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