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Mislead

//mɪsˈliːd// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction. countable, transitive, uncountable

    "If all the misleads (incorrect alternatives) are illogical, absurd, or in any way unattractive as possible answers, the student has no difficulty in choosing the correct answer."

  2. 2
    That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse). countable, transitive

    "The skinny body, a mislead to make people think that he was captured by someone and tortured. Even the loud gunshot was a mislead to make them ask questions to common citizens. His long untidy hair, also a mislead."

Verb
  1. 1
    To lead astray, in a false direction. literally, transitive

    "City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere"

  2. 2
    give false or misleading information to wordnet
  3. 3
    To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression. transitive
  4. 4
    lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions wordnet
  5. 5
    To deceptively trick into something wrong. transitive

    "The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin"

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  1. 6
    To accidentally or intentionally confuse. broadly, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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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