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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. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton. Syn. -- To delude; deceive.

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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. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton. Syn. -- To delude; deceive. See Deceive. (more info) Etym:

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  • PUZZLEMENT
    The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
  • CONJUREMENT
    Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. Milton.
  • CONFOUNDED
    1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
  • PUZZLE
    1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
  • ASTONISH
    étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
  • SEDUCEMENT
    1. The act of seducing. 2. The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting. Pope.
  • CIRCUMVENTOR
    One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.
  • PUZZLEDOM
    The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
  • INSTRUCTRESS
    A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
  • ENTRAP
    To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of
  • DECOYER
    One who decoys another.
  • ILLUMINER
    One who, or that which, illuminates.
  • TEMPTER
    One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil. "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on." Tillotson. So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.
  • SEDUCER
    One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before that soft seducer, love. Dryden.
  • TEMPTING
    Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. -- Tempt"ing*ness, n.
  • ASTONISHING
    Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
  • DAZZLEMENT
    Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.
  • CONJURE
    Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.
  • JUGGLERESS
    1. A female juggler. T. Warton.
  • TRICKISH
    Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
  • OUTPREACH
    To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
  • METEMPTOSIS
    The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years,
  • UNPERPLEX
    To free from perplexity. Donne.
  • BEDAZZLE
    To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.
  • FOREREACH
    To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
  • PREINSTRUCT
    To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
  • APPRENTICESHIP
    1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. 2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).

 

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