lead+into+error

  • 31misdirect — I verb confound, confuse, create a false impression, give a false impression, instruct badly, involve in error, lead astray, lead into error, misaddress, misadvise, miseducate, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misteach, put off the… …

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  • 32misleading — Leading into error. Deceiving. As used in a statute forbidding corporations from taking a name so clearly resembling that of an existing corporation as to be misleading, the word is not synonymous with confusing, but it means calculated to lead… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33mislead — [mislēd′] vt. misled, misleading 1. to lead in a wrong direction; lead astray 2. to lead into error (of judgment); deceive or delude 3. to lead into wrongdoing; influence badly SYN. DECEIVE misleading adj. misleadingly adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 34Betray — Be*tray (b[ e]*tr[=a] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrayed} ( tr[=a]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Betraying}.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be + OF. tra[ i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See {Traitor}.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35Betrayed — Betray Be*tray (b[ e]*tr[=a] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrayed} ( tr[=a]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Betraying}.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be + OF. tra[ i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See {Traitor}.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Betraying — Betray Be*tray (b[ e]*tr[=a] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrayed} ( tr[=a]d ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Betraying}.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be + OF. tra[ i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See {Traitor}.] 1. To deliver into the hands of an… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37mislead — mis•lead [[t]mɪsˈlid[/t]] v. t. led, lead•ing 1) to lead or guide in the wrong direction 2) to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment; lead astray • Etymology: bef. 1050 mis•lead′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38Deity — • This article is confined to the non Christian notion of the Deity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deity     Deity     † …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 39misguide — I verb befool, beguile, bewilder, cause a mistake, cause error, conceal, corrupt, create a false impression, deceive, delude, dissemble, distort, falsify, fool, in errorum inducere, lead astray, lead into error, lie, maladminister, misadvise,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 40mislead — misleader, n. /mis leed /, v., misled, misleading. v.t. 1. to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray. 2. to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment. v.i. 3. to be misleading; tend to deceive: vague directions that often mislead. [bef. 1050;… …

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