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verb
To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, do evil, do harm, do ill, ill-treat, ill-use, make mischief, misdo, mistreat, molest, oppress, outrage, overburden, pain, persecute, run down, trample on, tread on, weigh down, weigh heavy on
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: err, mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, drop a bollock, drop the ball, flub, flub up, foul up, fuck up, goof, goof up, make a mistake, misdo, misstep, put a foot wrong, screw up, slip up, stuff up, stumble, trip over the wire, trip up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, forwork, grieve, harrow, hurt, injure, maul, mayhem, misdo, put someone in hospital, scaith, scathe, vulnerate, wet, wound
Antonyms: none provided
verb
do wrongly or improperly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: do, perform
History
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.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
