misapply

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To apply incorrectly; to misuse.
    — It may be that the jury in this case have misapplied the rule laid down by this Court, but not in favour of the defendants. I cannot help thinking they might well have held the watercourse to be the true boundary line between the two properties.

词形变化

misapplies present,singular,third-person misapplying participle,present misapplied participle,past misapplied past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
Latin applicō
Old French applierbor.
Middle English aplien
English apply
English misapply
From mis- + apply.
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