Mislead

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mislead \Mis*lead"\ (m[i^]s*l[=e]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Misled} (m[i^]s*l[e^]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Misleading}.]
     [AS. misl[=ae]dan. See {Mis-}, and {Lead} to conduct.]
     To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide
     into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
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           Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
                                                    --Bacon.
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           To give due light
           To the mislead and lonely traveler.      --Milton.
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     Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mislead
       v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
            directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
            driver" [syn: {misdirect}, {misguide}, {lead astray}]
       2: give false or misleading information to [syn: {misinform}]
       [also: {misled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "mislead":
     abuse, bamboozle, be untruthful, beguile, betray, bluff,
     bowl a googly, bunk, con, corrupt, cozen, debauch, deceive, defile,
     deflower, delude, despoil, double-cross, draw the longbow, dupe,
     entice, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, fib, flimflam, fool,
     force, gull, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lie,
     lie flatly, lure, misadvise, misdirect, miseducate, misguide,
     misinform, misinstruct, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure,
     outwit, pervert, prevaricate, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce,
     soil, speak falsely, story, stretch the truth, sully, take,
     take in, tell a lie, tempt, throw a curve, trick, violate