Mislead

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ lead

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'mɪsliːd/

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Verb

Infinitive to Mislead

Third person singular misleads

Simple past misled

Past participle -

Present participle misleading

to Mislead (third-person singular simple present misleads, present participle misleading, simple past and past participle misled)

(transitive)

1. Template:Literally To lead astray, in a false direction.
2. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
3. To deceptively trick into something wrong.

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

Synonyms

• deceive, delude, beguile, cheat
• (trick into something wrong) seduce

Derived terms

• misleading (adjective)

Translations

to lead astray

Bosnian: please add this translation if you can Croatian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: misleiden nl(nl) Finnish: johtaa harhaan fi(fi), harhauttaa fi(fi) German: in die Irre führen de(de)

Serbian: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: propiciar equivocarse es(es)

to deceive by lies or other false impression

Bosnian: please add this translation if you can Croatian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: misleiden nl(nl), bedotten nl(nl), bedriegen nl(nl) Finnish: vedättää fi(fi), johtaa harhaan fi(fi), harhauttaa fi(fi)

German: in die Irre führen de(de) Serbian: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can

to deceptively trick into something wrong

Bosnian: please add this translation if you can Croatian: please add this translation if you can Dutch: verleiden nl(nl), verlokken nl(nl) Finnish: vietellä fi(fi), viekotella fi(fi)

German: in die Irre führen de(de) Serbian: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can

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Arabic: غرّ ar(ar) (gharra) Catalan: enganyar ca(ca) French: tromper fr(fr), décevoir, conduire en erreur, séduire

Italian: ingannare it(it), prendere in giro it(it) Portuguese: enganar pt(pt) Spanish: engañar es(es) Turkish: kandırmak tr(tr)

References

• Mislead in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Mislead in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• adeilms,
• medials, medial s
• misdeal
• m'ladies

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