misderive

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verb

To derive erroneously.

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Meanings

verbmisderive (third-person singular simple present misderives, present participle misderiving, simple past and past participle misderived)

present singular third person misderives · participle present misderiving · participle past misderived · past misderived

  1. transitiveTo derive erroneously.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.

    […] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel.

    1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

Origin

From mis- + derive.

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APA

misderive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misderive

MLA

“misderive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misderive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misderive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misderive.

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