| 单词 | misbestowal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmisbestowal ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > conferring > wrongly misbestowal1841 1841 Examiner 11 Dec. 785/3 Upon such occasions there is always a propensity to the misbestowal of praise, which wears a false air of generosity. a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 133 The misbestowal of love..does of course do much harm. 1879 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth I (1880) I. p. xxii Loose expressions..and a mis-bestowal of the marks of the One Catholic Body..cannot be sufficiently reprehended. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2785 To give alone to a rich man is a misbestowal,..or wrong giving of money. < as lemmas |
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