misget

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verb

To get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means.

OriginMiddle English misgeten →
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Meanings

verbmisget (third-person singular simple present misgets, present participle misgetting, simple past misgot, past participle misgotten)

present singular third person misgets · participle present misgetting · past misgot · participle past misgotten

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo get wrongly or unlawfully; to procure by unlawful means.

    the fruitlesse end Of thy vaine boast , and spoile of love misgot

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmisgeten
  2. Englishmisget

From Middle English misgeten, equivalent to mis- + get.

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APA

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MLA

“misget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misget. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misget,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misget.

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