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Meaning of mischieve | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
mɪsˈtʃiːv

Definitions

  1. To destroy.
  2. To damage, do harm to; to injure.

Examples

“thenne sire Tristram wold make no lenger delayes but lasshed at sir Lamorak / & thus they foughte longe /[…]/ Thenne sir Tristram seid to sir Lamorak in alle my lyf mette I neuer with suche a knyght that was soo bygge and well brethed as ye be / therfore said syre Tristram hit were pyte / that ony of vs both shold here be meschyeued”
“I have read of Augustine, that once by wandring out of his way, he escaped one who lay in wait to mischieve him;”
“[…] ſo when the two Ladders were taken down, no Man living could come down to me without miſchieving himſelf; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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