misdemean
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]misdemean (third-person singular simple present misdemeans, present participle misdemeaning, simple past and past participle misdemeaned)
- (archaic, reflexive, with a reflexive pronoun) To behave badly.
- he misdemeaned himself
- (intransitive) To misbehave.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “misdemean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.