Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wear ill; prove bad on wearing. See quotation under miswork, v. t.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To wear ill.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete, rare To wear badly or wrongly.

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ wear

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