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Definition of Misdirect
1. Verb. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. "Corrupt the morals"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Carnalise, Carnalize, Sensualise, Sensualize, Infect, Lead Astray, Lead Off, Poison, Bastardise, Bastardize, Suborn
Derivative terms: Corruptible, Corruption, Corruptive, Debasement, Debauch, Debauchee, Debaucher, Debauchery, Demoralisation, Demoralization, Depravation, Depravity, Perversive, Pervert, Profanation, Subversion
2. Verb. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
Generic synonyms: Conduct, Direct, Guide, Lead, Take
Derivative terms: Misdirection, Misleader
3. Verb. Put a wrong address on. "Misdirect the letter"
Definition of Misdirect
1. v. t. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.
Definition of Misdirect
1. Verb. To direct something wrongly ¹
2. Verb. To put the incorrect address on a mail item ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misdirect
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdirect
Literary usage of Misdirect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of New Trials in Cases Civil and Criminal by David Graham, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1855)
"If the judge at the trial misdirect the jury on matters of law, ... Again, new
trials shall be granted, if the judge at Nisi Prim misdirect the jury ..."
2. An Essay on New Trials by David Graham (1834)
"If the judge at the trial misdirect the jury on matters of law, ... Again, new
trials shall be granted, if the judge at nisi prius misdirect the jury ..."
3. The Theological and Literary Journal (1861)
"may discern both who those powers are, and what, that testimony is, and cease to
misdirect and pervert their labors, as many are now doing, by countenancing ..."
4. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Francis Towers Streeten, George Stevens Allnutt (1863)
"... that the Judge did not misdirect the jury in telling them that the défendante
were liable for any delay of the ship caused during the alteration needful ..."
5. Beginnings of a New School of Metaphysics: Three Essays in One Volume by Benjamin Humphrey Smart (1842)
"... the premises though rightly stated, are false : which second case includes
all the conclusions that misdirect the judgement in the conduct of life. ..."
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