Added 9 October 2026
mislead
/mɪsˈliːd/ verb
In Latin: decipio Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mislead at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
- Give false or misleading information to.
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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