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misbestow

  • a word derived from bestow.
    bestow
    verb (used with object)
    to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on orupon ).

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We mistake appearances for realities and misbestow our sympathy.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann