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mis⋅di⋅rect

  [mis-di-rekt]
–verb (used with object)
to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
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Origin:
1595–1605; mis- 1 + direct
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mis·di·rect   (mĭs'dĭ-rěkt', -dī-)   
tr.v.   mis·di·rect·ed, mis·di·rect·ing, mis·di·rects

  1. To aim (a blow or projectile, for example) badly.

  2. To give wrong instructions or directions to.

  3. To put a wrong address on (a piece of mail).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

misdirect 
1603, "give wrong directions to;" see mis- (1) + direct (v.). First record of misdirection "action of a conjurer, thief, etc. to distract someone" is from 1943.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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