Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bestow improperly; err in bestowing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bestow improperly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
bestow improperly .
Etymologies
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mis- + bestow
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Examples
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We mistake appearances for realities and misbestow our sympathy.
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I showed that part of your last letter which concerned my aunt Dall to herself, because I knew it would please her, and so it did; and she bids me tell you that she values your good-will and esteem extremely, and should do still more if you did not _misbestow so much of them on me_.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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