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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Missit,) v. P.t. missat(e, myssat. [Cf. late ME. missit (Gower), mysse syt (Lydgate), p.t. missat (? Chaucer), to misbecome.] intr., const. to a person or dative pron.: To displease. — a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 802.
Sa me thocht this closyne Myssat me in na-kynd thynge a1400 Ib. xii. 44.
& to the faddir that hyme gat His byrth ful gretumly missate a1400 Ib. ii. 656.
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