misnurture

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ nurture.

Verb

misnurture (third-person singular simple present misnurtures, present participle misnurturing, simple past and past participle misnurtured)

1. (transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     Manasseh was religiously bred under Hezekiah; Josiah was misnurtured under Amon: and yet Manasseh runs into absurd idolatries […]