misdo verb. [mɪs'du:] Infl. as DO verb; pa. t. usu. -did [-'dɪd], pa. pple -done [-'dʌn].
[Old English misdōn, from Germanic base of MIS-¹, DO verb.]
1. verb intrans. Do evil or wrong; do harm or injury. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
■ Dryden I have misdone; and I endure the Smart.

2. verb trans.
a. Do in error, make a mistake in doing. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
■ T. Kyd O poore Horatio, what hadst thou misdonne.
b. Do badly or improperly. M19.

3. verb trans. Harm, injure, wrong. Long rare. ME.

4. verb trans. Destroy, do away with. ME-E17.

■ misdoer noun (now rare) a wrongdoer, a malefactor ME.

■ misdoing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a misdeed: ME.

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