misdo

[ mis-doo ]

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verb (used with object),mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

to do badly or wrongly; botch.

verb (used without object),mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

Obsolete. to behave improperly.

Origin of misdo

¹

before 950; Middle English misdon,Old English misdōn.See mis-¹, do¹

Other words from misdo

mis·do·er, noun

Words Nearby misdo

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How to use misdo in a sentence

He it is who bids the knight no more wrest gifts from his tenant nor misdo with the poor.
History of the English People, Volume II (of 8) | John Richard Green
Let all share the same lot, ran one of the statutes; if any misdo, let all bear it.
Cambridge and its Story | Charles William Stubbs
If a Gild-brother do wrong “let all bear it: if one misdo, let all bear alike.”
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden Hibbert

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