mislead

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MISLE'AD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive misled. [See Lead.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you, But of the two, less dangerous is th' offense, To tire our patience, than mislead our sense.
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