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Definition: MISGUIDING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To bluff, cheat or rook. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To lure or tempt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To mislead, misdirect, baffle or mystify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb misguide.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(misguide)
1. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.[Wordnet].
2. Give bad advice to.[Wordnet].
3. To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.[Websters].
4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: misguiding, misguided, misguides, misguider, misguiders, misguidingly and misguidedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Misleading.[Websters]
2. Being misleading, deceptive, delusive, deceitful or illusive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being baffling. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being mystifying or confounding.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Misguiding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: MISGUIDING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Giving wrong direction to; leading into error.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misguide. (references)

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Definition: MISGUIDING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To bluff, cheat or rook. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To lure or tempt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To mislead, misdirect, baffle or mystify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb misguide.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(misguide)
1. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.[Wordnet].
2. Give bad advice to.[Wordnet].
3. To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.[Websters].
4. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: misguiding, misguided, misguides, misguider, misguiders, misguidingly and misguidedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Misleading.[Websters]
2. Being misleading, deceptive, delusive, deceitful or illusive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being baffling. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being mystifying or confounding.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "MISGUIDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: MISGUIDING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Giving wrong direction to; leading into error.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misguide. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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