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Definition of Mislead
1. 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
2. Verb. Give false or misleading information to.
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Lie, Beat Around The Bush, Equivocate, Palter, Prevaricate, Tergiversate, Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate, Sandbag, Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Misinformation, Misleader
Definition of Mislead
1. v. t. To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Definition of Mislead
1. Verb. (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction. ¹
2. Verb. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression. ¹
3. Verb. To deceptively trick into something wrong. ¹
4. Verb. To accidentally or intentionally confuse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mislead
1. to lead astray [v -LED, -LEADING, -LEADS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mislead
Literary usage of Mislead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"When the court's charge respecting an issue in a case is substantially correct,
mere lack of verbal precision, which could not mislead the jury, ..."
2. The Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones (1908)
"Same—The act must be calculated to mislead and must actually mislead.—Before a
person can avail himself of an estoppel arising from the conduct or ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1919)
"Representation must mislead. § 224. Fraud as to identity or existence of ...
Representation must mislead. To amount to fraud which will prevent the ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"... knowingly, falsely, • and fraudulently, with the* purpose to mislead and
deceive the company, misrepresented in the application any matter concerning ..."
5. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 by United States Continental Congress, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Gaillard Hunt, John Clement Fitzpatrick, Roscoe R. Hill, Kenneth E. Harris, Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Steven D. Tilley (1907)
"... and Distrust betwixt the Congress and the State of New York, and to deceive,
and mislead the people to whom it is addressed.1 Whereas this Congress is, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Injunctions by James Lambert High, Shirley Tredway High (1905)
"... and defendant had been enjoined from using the firm name of the plaintiffs in
such manner as to mislead the public, or to induce them to believe that he ..."
7. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"Same—Want of knowledge by injured party—The act must be calculated to mislead
and must actually mislead.—Just as the party against whom ..."
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