misplead

American

[mis-pleed] / mɪsˈplid /

verb (used with or without object)

mispleaded, mispleading

to plead incorrectly.

misplead British

/ mɪsˈpliːd /

verb

(tr) to plead incorrectly

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Etymology

Origin of misplead

First recorded in 1670–80; mis- ¹ + plead

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misplead mispleading

To her, oh not to her The crime belongs, though frenzy may misplead!

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner

Replead′er, a second course allowed for the correction of mispleading.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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