What is to employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden called?
misemploy — To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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