misguide

present singular third person misguides · participle present misguiding · participle past misguided · past misguided

1. transitiveTo guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.

   1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath

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   On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]

   1895, Henry Maudsley, The Pathology of Mind, page 541

   Synonyms: mislead