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mislead

mis·lead

UK/mɪsˈliːd/ US/mɪˈslid/ uncommon

verb

1.

lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

  • “The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver”
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Origin

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

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