"mischieve" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈtʃiːv/ [UK] Forms: mischieves [present, singular, third-person], mischieving [participle, present], mischieved [participle, past], mischieved [past]
Etymology: From Old French meschever, from mes- + chever. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|fro|meschever}} Old French meschever, {{m|fro|mes-}} mes-, {{m|fro|chever}} chever Head templates: {{en-verb}} mischieve (third-person singular simple present mischieves, present participle mischieving, simple past and past participle mischieved)
  1. (obsolete) To destroy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mischieve-en-verb-EpapABEH
  2. (now Scotland) To damage, do harm to; to injure. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-mischieve-en-verb-fkgG1sF1 Categories (other): Scottish English
  3. 1650, Moses his choice, with his eye fixed upon heaven, page 54:
    Sense id: en-mischieve-en-verb-Z-8IuOjL
  4. 1650, Moses his choice, with his eye fixed upon heaven, page 54:
    Sense id: en-mischieve-en-verb-KbY8dtAE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: myscheve (14th-15th centuries)

Inflected forms

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