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misbeˈstow, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To bestow wrongly or improperly.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 355/2 To bestowe his witte..about some better busines then Tindall missbestoweth it now. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxxv. 206 If yee complayne of that time as though it were misbestowed. 1641Milton Animadv. iv. 65 The misbestowed wealth which they were cheated of. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. vii. 40 All his compliments are misbestowed. 1815Southey Roderick xxiv. 247 Oh, for a month Of that waste life which millions misbestow. 1841F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life (1882) II. 148 This is the way that fool Fortune misbestows her favours.
So misbeˈstowal, wrong bestowal.
a1866J. Grote Moral Ideas (1876) 133 The misbestowal of love..does of course do much harm. |