Definition of Misust

1. misuse [v] - See also: misuse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misust

misunderstandings
misunderstands
misunderstood
misunion
misunions
misusage
misusages
misuse
misused
misuser
misusers
misuses
misusest
misuseth
misusing
misust (current term)
misutilization
misutilizations
misvalue
misvalued
misvalues
misvaluing
misvocalization
misvote
misvoted
misvoting
misvouch
misvouched
misvouching
miswander

Literary usage of Misust

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... Group 15, 3040 (Six-text); Cower, CA ü. 279, 1. u. From Mis- (i) anil Use. Der. misust, sb., i Hen. IV, ii 43. ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"... it urges often to the most barbarous proceedings, and induces to outrages of the misust hideous character, merely to satisfy momentary irritation, ..."

3. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"... Which booted nought for prayers nor for threat To hope for to release or mollify; For aye the more that she did them entreat, The more they him misust, ..."

4. Ohio Legal News (1895)
"The postoffice department at Washington has given a prominent business man of Columbus the option to pay a sum imposed as a fine for the misust of the ..."

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