misendow

verb

Etymology

From mis- + endow.

  1. derived from *deh₃- — “to give
  2. derived from dōtāre
  3. derived from en-
  4. derived from endouer
  5. inherited from endowen
  6. prefixed as misendow — “mis + endow

Definitions

  1. To provide or endow with something that is not a benefit.

    • Nostromo's fate demonstrates that even possession of what has been figuratively misendowed with essential reality does not mitigate that desire responsible for the genesis of the fetishistic process itself.

The neighborhood

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