Misderive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misderive is a verb meaning (transitive) To derive erroneously.
Meaning
(transitive) To derive erroneously.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
Example Sentences
[…] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel.
Word Forms
- misderives
- misderiving
- misderived
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misrender, misinfer, misprovide, misetymologize, misrelate, misresolve.
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