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misle

noun
/ˈmɪzəɫ//ˈmaɪzəɫ/

Etymology

From misled, the standard irregular past tense of mislead, being misconstrued as *misle + -ed.

  1. inherited from drysnan
  2. inherited from drysning
  3. compounded as misle — “mist + drizzle”

Definitions

  1. A fine rain or thick mist

    A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.

  2. To rain in fine drops

    To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.

  3. To mislead.

    • I think Caspari has been misling you somewhat on the subject of Scenedesmus: the cells divide essentially as in Chlorella, but stay in 4 or 8-celled colonies until the next division.
    • The conduct of the agency coupled with the D. C. Office of Personnel amounts to misling [sic] the appellant as to her [sic] appeal rights to detrimentally rely upon the conduct of her [sic] agency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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