Definition of Misdirect

1. Verb. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. "Corrupt the morals"


2. Verb. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
Exact synonyms: Lead Astray, Misguide, Mislead
Generic synonyms: Conduct, Direct, Guide, Lead, Take
Derivative terms: Misdirection, Misleader

3. Verb. Put a wrong address on. "Misdirect the letter"
Exact synonyms: Misaddress
Generic synonyms: Address, Direct

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

misdiagnosed
misdiagnoses
misdiagnosing
misdiagnosis
misdial
misdialed
misdialing
misdialings
misdialled
misdialling
misdials
misdid
misdiet
misdiets
misdight
misdirect (current term)
misdirected
misdirecting
misdirection
misdirection phenomenon
misdirections
misdirects
misdisposition
misdistinguish
misdistinguished
misdistinguishes
misdistinguishing
misdistribute
misdistributed
misdistributes

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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