MIS'CHIEF, noun 1. Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not. A new law is made to remedy the mischief 2. Intentional injury; harm or damage done by design. Thy tongue deviseth mischief Psalms 52:1. 3. Ill consequence; evil; vexatious affair. The mischief was, these allies would never allow that the common enemy was subdued. MIS'CHIEF, verb transitive To hurt; to harm; to injure.
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