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Meaning of misdemean | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. With a reflexive pronoun: to cause (oneself) to behave badly.
    archaic, reflexive
  2. To misbehave.
    intransitive

Examples

“he misdemeaned himself”
“[Y]ou that beſt ſhould teach vs, / Haue miſdemean'd your ſelfe, and not a little: / Tovvard the King firſt, then his Lavves, in filling / The vvhole Realme, by your teaching & your Chaplaines / (for ſo vve are inform'd) vvith nevv opinions, / Diuers and dangerous; vvhich are Hereſies; / And not reform'd, may proue pernicious.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

misdemeaned misdemeaning misdemeanorize misdemeanorized misdemeanorizes misdemeanorizing

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