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mis⋅place

  [mis-pleys]
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–verb (used with object), -placed, -plac⋅ing.
1. to put in a wrong place.
2. to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay.
3. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely: to misplace one's trust.
Origin:
1545–55; mis- 1 + place

Related forms:
mis⋅place⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. See displace. 3. misapply.
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mis·place   (mĭs-plās')   
tr.v.   mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es

    1. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence.

    2. To mislay: I misplaced my wallet.

  2. To bestow (confidence, for example) on an improper, unsuitable, or unworthy person or idea.

mis·place'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

misplace 
1551, "to assign a wrong position to;" see mis- (1) + place (v.). Of affections, confidence, etc., "to give to a wrong object," it is recorded from 1638.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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