misdeˈcide, v.
[mis-1 1.]
intr. To make a wrong decision.
| 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 270 It is..possible for the judge..to misdecide, without any regard to the evidence. 1830 Examiner 659/2 Nor can they misdecide from incompetency or any other cause of misdecision, without incurring shame. |