different between mistreat vs misbid

English

Etymology

mis- +? treat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)

1. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

Translations

See also

• maltreat

Anagrams

• martites, mitrates, teratism

English

Etymology

From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- +? bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misb?odan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- +? bid (“to offer, declare”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s?b?d/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?sb?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

misbid (third-person singular simple present misbids, present participle misbidding, simple past misbid or misbad or misbade, past participle misbidden)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To injure; mistreat.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To insult; offend.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To make an incorrect offer or bid.
   • 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing:

     I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends.

4. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.
   • 2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery:

     After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.

Derived terms

• misbidding

Noun

misbid (plural misbids)

1. An incorrect bid or offer.