Word Meanings - MISASSIGN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To assign wrongly.
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- MISASSIGN
To assign wrongly. - MISUSE
1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South. The sweet poison of misused wine. Milton. 2. To abuse; to treat ill. O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. Shak. Syn. - PURLOINER
One who purloins. Swift. - MISUSER
Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier. (more info) 1. One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge. - ABUSE
1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority. This principle shoots rapidly - MISUSEMENT
Misuse. - ABUSER
One who abuses . - PURLOIN
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch. Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin Dryden. (more info) pur, por, pour, for + loin - MISAPPROPRIATE
To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. - ABUSEFUL
Full of abuse; abusive. "Abuseful names." Bp. Barlow. - SELF-ABUSE
1. The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties. 2. Self-deception; delusion. Shak. 3. Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution. - DISABUSE
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. To undeceive and disabuse the people. South. If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,