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misguide

verb

Etymology

From mis- + guide.

  1. derived from *weyd-✻ — “to see, know”
  2. derived from *wītaną✻ — “to see, know; go, depart”
  3. derived from *wītan✻ — “to show the way, lead”
  4. derived from guida
  5. derived from guide
  6. inherited from guide
  7. prefixed as misguide — “mis + guide”

Definitions

  1. To guide poorly or incorrectly

    To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.

    • On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]
    • 1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA