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Definition of Misplace
1. Verb. Place (something) where one cannot find it again. "I misplaced my eyeglasses"
2. Verb. Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position. "Misplaced modifiers"
Definition of Misplace
1. v. t. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
Definition of Misplace
1. Verb. (transitive) To put something somewhere and then forget its location; to mislay ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To apply one's talents inappropriately. ¹
3. Verb. To put something in the wrong location. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misplace
1. to put in a wrong place [v -PLACED, -PLACING, -PLACES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misplace
Literary usage of Misplace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Self Knowledge: Showing the Nature and Benefit of that by John Mason (1828)
"Who, through ignorance of themselves, misapply their zeal and misplace their •elf
denial? ... misplace ..."
2. The Whole Works of John Bunyan by John Bunyan, George Offor (1862)
"They misplace them that set them in the room of Christ. Ro. x. 1—3. (2.) They also
misplace them that make them copartners with him. Bo. is. 31. ss. ..."