Meaning of MISLEAD
| Pronunciation: | | mis'leed
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- [v] give false or misleading information to
- [v] lead someone in the wrong direction
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| | Synonyms: | | lead astray, misguide, misinform |
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| | See Also: | | amplify, betray, conduct, deceive, direct, equivocate, exaggerate, guide, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, inform, lead, lead astray, lie, magnify, overdraw, overstate, palter, prevaricate, sandbag, take, tergiversate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis*lead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl?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.
Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
--Bacon.
To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler.
--Milton.
Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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