mislead

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give someone a false idea or impression, often on purpose.

   The advertisement was designed to mislead customers about the real price.

2. 2
   verb

   To lead someone in the wrong direction.

   The old signs misled us and we ended up on the wrong road.

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

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