misdo

[ mis-doo ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

1. to do badly or wrongly; botch.

verb (used without object)

, mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

1. Obsolete. to behave improperly.

Other Words From

• mis·doer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of misdo¹

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

Example Sentences

He it is who bids the knight no more wrest gifts from his tenant nor misdo with the poor.

From Project Gutenberg

Let all share the same lot, ran one of the statutes; if any misdo, let all bear it.

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If a Gild-brother do wrong “let all bear it: if one misdo, let all bear alike.”

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