"misdo" meaning in English

See misdo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈduː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misdo.wav Forms: misdoes [present, singular, third-person], misdoing [participle, present], misdid [past], misdone [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misdon}} Middle English misdon, {{inh|en|ang|misdōn||to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err}} Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*missadōną||to do wrongly}} Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), {{prefix|en|mis|do}} mis- + do, {{cog|ofs|misdūa||to misdo}} Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), {{cog|nl|misdoen||to offend, do wrongly}} Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), {{cog|gml|misdōn||to misdo}} Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), {{cog|gmh|missetuon||to transgress, offend, blame}} Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”) Head templates: {{en-verb|misdoes|misdoing|misdid|misdone}} misdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)
  1. (archaic, intransitive) To do evil; to commit misdeeds. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms: damage, harm, do evil
    Sense id: en-misdo-en-verb-lljwrI5H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 40 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 53 31 16 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 2 31 35 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 8 2 32 36 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 8 1 35 39 4
  2. (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: err, mess up, make a mistake
    Sense id: en-misdo-en-verb-Z75iNc0Z
  3. (archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: damage, harm, harm
    Sense id: en-misdo-en-verb-RC1gLxiE

Inflected forms

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