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Definition of Misdirects
1. misdirect [v] - See also: misdirect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdirects
Literary usage of Misdirects
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Campaign of 1815: Ligny: Quatre-Bras: Waterloo by William O'Connor Morris (1900)
"... on Waterloo—It is dangerously and unnecessarily delayed—Blucher sets off to
join Wellington— Grouchy—He misdirects his army—He marches towards Wavre, ..."
2. Protection and Bad Times: With Special Reference to the Political Economy of by George Smyth Baden-Powell (1879)
"It wastes, misdirects, and lessens Production.— Thus it may be asked, Are these
profits of protection, even .omitting all qualifying phenomena, greater than ..."
3. Baccalaureate Sermons, and Occasional Discourses by Mark Hopkins (1862)
"If prejudice may not be said to weaken the mental powers, it misdirects, ...
But while prejudice misdirects, vice enfeebles, or wholly prevents the action ..."
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