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Webster 1913 Edition

Misdo

Mis-do′

(mĭs-doō′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Misdid
;
p. p.
Misdone
(mĭs-dŭn′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Misdoing
.]
[AS.
misdōn
. See
Do
,
Verb.
]
1.
To do wrongly.
Afford me place to show what recompense
Towards thee I intend for what I have
misdone
.
Milton.
2.
To do wrong to; to illtreat.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Mis-do′

,
Verb.
I.
To do wrong; to commit a fault.
I have
misdone
, and I endure the smart.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Misdo

MISDO

,
Verb.
T.
[See Do.] To do wrong; to do amiss; to commit a crime or fault.

Definition 2025

misdo

misdo

English

Verb

misdo ‎(third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To do evil.
  2. (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
    • Milton
      Afford me place to show what recompense / Towards thee I intend for what I have misdone.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xij, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
      thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens

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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɪsˈduː/

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