misdonne

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

   Synonyms:

   err, mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, miscue, drop a bollock, drop the ball, flub

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