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Misapply   Listen
verb
Misapply  v. t.  (past & past part. misapplied; pres. part. misapplying)  To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Misapply" Quotes from Famous Books



... tells whate'er you think, whate'er you say, And, if he lie not, must at least betray: Who to the dean, and silver bell[106] can swear, And sees at Canons what was never there; 300 Who reads, but—with a lust to misapply, Make satire a lampoon, and fiction, lie; A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in ...
— The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1 • Alexander Pope et al



Words linked to "Misapply" :   misuse, utilise, misapplication, employ



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