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miswander

verb

Etymology

From mis- + wander.

  1. inherited from *wandarōn✻ — “to wander”
  2. inherited from wandrian — “to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”
  3. inherited from wandren
  4. prefixed as miswander — “mis + wander”

Definitions

  1. To wander in a wrong path

    To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.

    • Her weary palfrey, closely as she might, Now well recover'd after long repast, In his proud furnitures she freshly dight, His late miswander'd ways now to remeasure right
    • Or show you restless, miswandering, misclimbing ones new and easier footpaths?

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