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misdid

misdid is the simple past of misdo.

Meaning of misdo

Verb

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.
    Synonyms:
    damage, harm, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, do evil, do harm, do ill, ill-treat, ill-use
  2. (transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
    • 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[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57
  3. (archaic, transitive) To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
    • 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...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V
    Synonyms:
    damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill

Words that rhyme with misdid

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Questions about misdid

What is misdid the simple past of?
Misdid is the simple past of misdo.

Words near misdid in the dictionary

  1. misdials
  2. misdictate
  3. misdictated
  4. misdictates
  5. misdictating
  6. misdid
  7. misdiet
  8. misdieted
  9. misdieting
  10. misdiets
  11. misdifferentiate

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