Word Meanings - MISBESTOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To bestow improperly.
Related words: (words related to MISBESTOW)
- IMPROPERLY
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly. - BESTOWMENT
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal. If we consider this bestowment of gifts in this view. Chauncy. 2. That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor. - BESTOWAL
The act of bestowing; disposal. - BESTOW
Etym: 1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." Sir W. Scott. See that the women are bestowed in safety. Byron. 2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some - BESTOWER
One that bestows. - MISBESTOW
To bestow improperly. - MISBESTOWAL
The act of misbestowing.