misbestow
English
Etymology
mis- + bestow
Verb
misbestow (third-person singular simple present misbestows, present participle misbestowing, simple past and past participle misbestowed)
- (transitive) To bestow improperly.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for misbestow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)