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misbehave

[mis-bi-heyv] / ˌmɪs bɪˈheɪv /


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But having acquired it she discovered herself to be too tall and too broad for it, so that it misbecame her mightily.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

Thou didst what deed that misbecame thy life?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

So the heart of the Marquis was hardened, and he was strengthened to do that which misbecame him both as a gentleman and a landlord.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony




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