Associations to the word «Mislead»

Wiktionary

MISLEAD, verb. (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
MISLEAD, verb. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
MISLEAD, verb. To deceptively trick into something wrong.
MISLEAD, verb. To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

Dictionary definition

MISLEAD, verb. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver".
MISLEAD, verb. Give false or misleading information to.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne