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]
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mis·guide
/
mɪsˈgaɪd
/
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mis-
gahyd
]
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verb (used with object),
mis·guid·ed,
mis·guid·ing.
to guide wrongly; misdirect.
Origin:
1325–75;
mis-
1
+
guide
;
replacing
Middle English
misgien;
see
guy
2
Related forms
mis·guid·ance,
noun
mis·guid·er,
noun
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misguide
(ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd)
—
vb
(
tr
) to guide or direct wrongly or badly
mis'guidance
—
n
mis'guider
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
misguide
late 14c., "to go astray;" see
mis-
(1) + guide (v.). Transitive sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested c.1500. Misguided "erring in purpose or action" is from 1650s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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