misdemean

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  1. To behave (one's self) ill; conduct (one's self) improperly. You, that best should teach us, Have misdemean'd yourself. Shak., Hen. VIII., v. 3. 14.
  2. To misbehave. But when our neighbours mis-demean, Our censures are exceeding keen. C. Smart, tr. of Phædrus, p. 149.

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  1. from Old French *mesdemener, from mes- + demener, reflexive, conduct (oneself): see mis- and demean.
 

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