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Meaning of "misbestow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISBESTOW

misbestow  [ˌmɪsbɪˈstəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISBESTOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misbestow is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb misbestow in English.

WHAT DOES MISBESTOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misbestow in the English dictionary

The definition of misbestow in the dictionary is to bestow wrongly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISBESTOW

PRESENT

Present
I misbestow
you misbestow
he/she/it misbestows
we misbestow
you misbestow
they misbestow
Present continuous
I am misbestowing
you are misbestowing
he/she/it is misbestowing
we are misbestowing
you are misbestowing
they are misbestowing
Present perfect
I have misbestowed
you have misbestowed
he/she/it has misbestowed
we have misbestowed
you have misbestowed
they have misbestowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been misbestowing
you have been misbestowing
he/she/it has been misbestowing
we have been misbestowing
you have been misbestowing
they have been misbestowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I misbestowed
you misbestowed
he/she/it misbestowed
we misbestowed
you misbestowed
they misbestowed
Past continuous
I was misbestowing
you were misbestowing
he/she/it was misbestowing
we were misbestowing
you were misbestowing
they were misbestowing
Past perfect
I had misbestowed
you had misbestowed
he/she/it had misbestowed
we had misbestowed
you had misbestowed
they had misbestowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been misbestowing
you had been misbestowing
he/she/it had been misbestowing
we had been misbestowing
you had been misbestowing
they had been misbestowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will misbestow
you will misbestow
he/she/it will misbestow
we will misbestow
you will misbestow
they will misbestow
Future continuous
I will be misbestowing
you will be misbestowing
he/she/it will be misbestowing
we will be misbestowing
you will be misbestowing
they will be misbestowing
Future perfect
I will have misbestowed
you will have misbestowed
he/she/it will have misbestowed
we will have misbestowed
you will have misbestowed
they will have misbestowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misbestowing
you will have been misbestowing
he/she/it will have been misbestowing
we will have been misbestowing
you will have been misbestowing
they will have been misbestowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would misbestow
you would misbestow
he/she/it would misbestow
we would misbestow
you would misbestow
they would misbestow
Conditional continuous
I would be misbestowing
you would be misbestowing
he/she/it would be misbestowing
we would be misbestowing
you would be misbestowing
they would be misbestowing
Conditional perfect
I would have misbestow
you would have misbestow
he/she/it would have misbestow
we would have misbestow
you would have misbestow
they would have misbestow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misbestowing
you would have been misbestowing
he/she/it would have been misbestowing
we would have been misbestowing
you would have been misbestowing
they would have been misbestowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misbestow
we let´s misbestow
you misbestow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misbestow
Past participle
misbestowed
Present Participle
misbestowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISBESTOW


antipasto
ˌæntɪˈpɑːstəʊ
aristo
ˈærɪstəʊ
basto
ˈbæstəʊ
bestow
bɪˈstəʊ
Bisto
ˈbɪstəʊ
Bristow
ˈbrɪstəʊ
Christo
ˈkrɪstəʊ
giusto
ˈdʒuːstəʊ
gusto
ˈɡʌstəʊ
impasto
ɪmˈpæstəʊ
manifesto
ˌmænɪˈfɛstəʊ
Mephisto
məˈfɪstəʊ
mesto
ˈmɛstəʊ
pesto
ˈpɛstəʊ
presto
ˈprɛstəʊ
resto
ˈrɛstəʊ
sexto
ˈsɛkstəʊ
stow
stəʊ
Stowe
stəʊ
unstow
ʌnˈstəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISBESTOW

misbecame
misbecome
misbecoming
misbecomingness
misbegin
misbegot
misbegotten
misbehave
misbehaver
misbehaviour
misbelief
misbelieve
misbeliever
misbeseem
misbestowal
misbias
misbind
misbirth
misborn
misbrand

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISBESTOW

button tow
Chepstow
Flotow
in tow
kowtow
Paotow
Shantow
ski tow
Swatow
tow
undertow

Synonyms and antonyms of misbestow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «misbestow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISBESTOW

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The translations of misbestow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misbestow» in English.

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misbestow
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Translator English - Hindi

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Translator English - Turkish

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of misbestow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISBESTOW»

The term «misbestow» is normally little used and occupies the 141.914 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISBESTOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misbestow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misbestow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misbestow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISBESTOW»

Discover the use of misbestow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misbestow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hallelujah: or, Britain's second remembrancer; bringing to ...
4 If sloth begin on us to seize, At first perhaps it will pretend But to desire a needful ease, The tired body to befriend ; Yet, if unheedful we shall grow, We peradventure may erelong, Or lose, or hide, or misbestow Our talents to our Master's ...
George Wither, Edward Farr, 1857
2
The Works of Thomas Carew, Sewer in Ordinary to Charles the ...
Remember, deare, how loath and slow I was to cast a looke or smile, Or one love -line to misbestow, Till thou hadst chang'd both face and stile ; And art thou growne afraid to see That maske put on thou mad'st for me. I dare not call those ...
Thomas Carew, 1824
3
The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ...
... that know'sl my heart, suppose l'll sall from thee, and worsbip those P Remember (dear) how loath and flow l was to call: a look or smile, Or one love line to misbestow, Till thou hadst chang'd both sace and slyle; And art thou grown asraid to ...
‎1795
4
A code of signals for the use of the mercantile navy
ly 78 Misbecome 79 Misbecoming ness ness 60 Mire 80 Misbegot iness У 81 Misbegotten 82 Misbehave 61 Mirk 83 Misbehaved У 84 Misbehaviour 62 Mirror 85 Misbelief 63 Mirth less 86 Misbelieve r 64 Mirthful 87 Misbestow ly 88 Miscal 65 ...
Bethune James Walker, 1841
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Hallelujah, Or Britain's Second Remembrancer: Bringing to ...
4 If sloth begin on us to seize, At first perhaps it will pretend But to desire a needful ease, The tired body to befriend ; Yet, if unheedful we shall grow, We peradventure may erelong, Or lose, or hide, or misbestow Our talents to our Master's ...
George Wither, 1857
6
The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal: ... To Be ...
Of that waste life which millions misbestow! . . ' p. 311, 312. Returning weakness then adnionishes him, however, of the near approach of death; and he begs the friendly band of R0derick to cut short his dying pangs, by drawing forth the ...
‎1815
7
The prose works of John Milton
Alas ! that the Spirit of God should blow as an uncertain wind, should so mistake his inspiring, so misbestow his gifts promised only to the elect, that the idolatrous should find words acceptable to present God with, and abound to their ...
John Milton, 1859
8
The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. ...
This truth, O Britain ! ponder well ; Virtues should rise as fortunes swell. What is large property ? — the sign of good, Of worth superior : if 'tis less, Another's treasure we possess, And charge the gods with favours misbestow'd. This counsel ...
Edward Young, Thomas Park, 1808
9
The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising ...
... would not to-day be misbestow'd On this right hand ! — Go, some one, Gunderick cried, And brin'.; Count Juli lD'S sword. Whoe'er thou art, The worth which thou hast shown avenging him Entitles thee to wear it. But thou goest For battle ...
‎1838
10
The Works: Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous. Now ...
Alass, -that 'the spirit of God 'should'blow as an uncertain wind, should so mistake 'his inspiring, so misbestow his giftspromised only to the elect, that the idolatrous shouldfind words acceptable to present-God with, and abound to their ...
John Milton, 1753

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