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third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone
(archaic, intransitive) To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
(transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly. quotations examples
Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone, […]
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 57
(archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat. quotations
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(please add an English translation of this quotation)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V