资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Misapply \Mis`ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misapplied}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Misapplying}.]
   To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply
   a name or title; to misapply public money.