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misdemean

[ mis-di-meen ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Rare. to misbehave (oneself).


misdemean

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verb

  1. a rare word for misbehave
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of misdemean1

First recorded in 1520–30; mis- 1 + demean 2( def )
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Example Sentences

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No one can flatter himself that in the multitude he is overlooked, or believe that between 4 P.M. and 9 A.M. he is at liberty to misdemean himself.

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Here Fogg so misdemeaned himself, as to laugh through his nose, and the man Clover appeared to be suddenly interested in something that lay in a mulberry-tree opposite.

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On the other hand, Chancellor Kent, in his Commentaries, had given support to the doctrine that a civil officer was liable to impeachment who misdemeaned himself in office.

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"His Grace of Buckingham will be my voucher, though it will misdemean him much as against one who has a tymbestere for mistress and is a coward, as well."

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My Lord Scales," said he, "lift the curtain; nay, sir, it misdemeans you not.

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