Word Meanings - MISDERIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Bp. Hall. 2. To derive erroneously.

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• DERIVE
  To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon. Syn. -- To trace; deduce; infer. (more info) 1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• DIVERTING
  Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.
• DIVERTISSEMENT
  A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
• DIVERTIMENTO
  ) A light and pleasing composition.
• MISDIRECTION
  An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
• DIVERTISE
  To divert; to entertain. Dryden.
• DERIVEMENT
  That which is derived; deduction; inference. I offer these derivements from these subjects. W. Montagu.
• DIVERTICLE
  A diverticulum. (more info) 1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. Hales.
• MISDIRECT
  To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. Shenstone.
• DIVERTIVE
  Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting. Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.
• DIVERTIBLE
  Capable of being diverted.
• DERIVER
  One who derives.
• DIVERTISEMENT
  Diversion; amusement; recreation.
• DIVERTICULUM
  A blind tube branching out of a longer one.
• DIVERTER
  One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.
• DIVERTICULAR
  Pertaining to a diverticulum.
• DIVERT
  turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. 1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. That crude apple that
• INDIVERTIBLE
  Not to be diverted or turned aside. Lamb.
• MISDERIVE
  1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Bp. Hall. 2. To derive erroneously.