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Webster 1913 Edition

Mistrow

Mis-trow′

,
Verb.
I.
To think wrongly.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024

mistrow

mistrow

English

Verb

mistrow ‎(third-person singular simple present mistrows, present participle mistrowing, simple past and past participle mistrowed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To mistrust; distrust; doubt.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To think wrongly.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To doubt; mistrust.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mistrowe, from mistrowen ‎(“to mistrust”). See above.

Noun

mistrow ‎(plural mistrows)

  1. (obsolete) Mistrust.

Etymology

From Middle English mistrowen, mistreowen, from Old English *mistrēowan, mistrīwan ‎(“to mistrust”), equivalent to mis- +‎ trow. Cognate with Dutch mistrouwen ‎(“to mistrust”), German mistrauen ‎(“to mistrust”), Icelandic mistrúa ‎(“to mistrow, mistrust”).

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