mischoose

[ mis-chooz ]

verb (used without object)

, mis·chose; mis·cho·sen or (Obsolete) mis·chose; mis·choos·ing.

1. to make a wrong or improper choice.

verb (used with object)

, mis·chose; mis·cho·sen or (Obsolete) mis·chose; mis·choos·ing.

1. to choose wrongly or improperly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mischoose¹

1200–50; mis- ¹ + choose; replacing Middle English mischesen

Example Sentences

How they are provided for upon the earth, appearing at intervals; How dear and dreadful they are to the earth; How they inure to themselves as much as to any—What a paradox appears         their age; How people respond to them, yet know them not; How there is something relentless in their fate, all times; How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and reward, And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same great         purchase.

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