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English
Etymology
From mis- + apply.
Pronunciation
Verb
misapply (third-person singular simple present misapplies, present participle misapplying, simple past and past participle misapplied)
- To apply incorrectly; to misuse.
1913, Sir Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, The Revised Reports: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.