"misapply" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + apply.",
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      "form": "misapplies",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "To apply incorrectly; to misuse."
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          "incorrectly",
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          "misuse",
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      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + apply.",
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      "form": "misapplied",
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