单词 | misbestowed |
释义 | > as lemmasmisbestowed ΚΠ 1640 D. Featley et al. Θρηνοικος xvii. 360 Cursed be thy misbestowed labour thou dissembling hypocrite. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 34 The misbestowed wealth which they were cheated of. a1765 E. Young Compl. Wks. (1854) II. 14 Another's treasure we possess, And charge the gods with favours misbestow'd. 1837 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. II. 307 It were better to content ourselves with securities against future malversation than to scrutinize and revoke the misbestowed rewards of the State for years past. 1868 Daily News 18 Feb. 4 The absence of any opportunity of enjoying at the Bar the precedence conferred does not render such misbestowed honours merely a harmless indulgence to perverted vanity. < as lemmas |
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