misderive
English
Etymology
mis- + derive
Verb
misderive (third-person singular simple present misderives, present participle misderiving, simple past and past participle misderived)
- (transitive) To derive erroneously.
- (transitive, obsolete) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
- 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
- […] 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.
- 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
Related terms
- misderivation