Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divert from the proper course; mislead; misdirect.
- To err in deriving: as, to
misderive a word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
- transitive verb To derive erroneously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
turn ordivert improperly ; tomisdirect . - verb obsolete To
derive erroneously .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
mis- + derive
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