| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.[Websters]
2. To derive erroneously.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: misderiving, misderived, misderives, misderiver, misderivers, misderivingly and misderivedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MISDERIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
