Word Meanings - MISEDUCATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To educate in a wrong manner.
Related words: (words related to MISEDUCATE)
- WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - WRONG
imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. - WRONGLESS
Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney. - MANNERIST
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. - WRONGDOING
Evil or wicked behavior or action. - MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural - WRONGFUL
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n. - WRONGHEAD
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. - WRONG-TIMED
Done at an improper time; ill-timed. - MANNERLINESS
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. - MANNERED
1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style - MANNER
manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner - EDUCATE
To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste. Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate. - WRONGNESS
The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham. - WRONGDOER
One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. (more info) 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong. - WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak. - WRONGHEADED
Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong"head`ed*ly, adv. -- Wrong"head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay. - WRONGER
One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. "Wrongers of the world." Tennyson. - EDUCATED
Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man. - MANNERCHOR
A German men's chorus or singing club. - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - MISEDUCATE
To educate in a wrong manner. - OVERMANNER
In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif. - ILL-MANNERED
Impolite; rude. - WELL-MANNERED
Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden. - AWRONG
Wrongly. Ford. - SELF-WRONG
Wrong done by a person himself. Shak. - SELF-EDUCATED
Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.