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mis⋅guide

  [mis-gahyd]
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–verb (used with object), -guid⋅ed, -guid⋅ing.
to guide wrongly; misdirect.
Origin:
1325–75; mis- 1 + guide; r. ME misgien; see guy 2

Related forms:
mis⋅guid⋅ance, noun
mis⋅guid⋅er, noun
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mis·guide   (mĭs-gīd')   
tr.v.   mis·guid·ed, mis·guid·ing, mis·guides
To lead or guide in the wrong direction; lead astray.
mis·guid'ance (-gīd'ns) n., mis·guid'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

misguide 
1390, "to go astray;" see mis- (1) + guide (v.). Trans. sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested 1509. Misguided "erring in purpose or action" is from 1659.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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