Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to misguide
Participle: misguided
Gerund: misguiding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | misguide |
| you | misguide |
| he;she;it | misguides |
| we | misguide |
| you | misguide |
| they | misguide |
Perfect
| I | have misguided |
| you | have misguided |
| he;she;it | has misguided |
| we | have misguided |
| you | have misguided |
| they | have misguided |
Past
| I | misguided |
| you | misguided |
| he;she;it | misguided |
| we | misguided |
| you | misguided |
| they | misguided |
Pluperfect
| I | had misguided |
| you | had misguided |
| he;she;it | had misguided |
| we | had misguided |
| you | had misguided |
| they | had misguided |
Future
| I | will misguide |
| you | will misguide |
| he;she;it | will misguide |
| we | will misguide |
| you | will misguide |
| they | will misguide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have misguided |
| you | will have misguided |
| he;she;it | will have misguided |
| we | will have misguided |
| you | will have misguided |
| they | will have misguided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | misguide |
| you | misguide |
| he;she;it | misguide |
| we | misguide |
| you | misguide |
| they | misguide |
Perfect
| I | have misguided |
| you | have misguided |
| he;she;it | have misguided |
| we | have misguided |
| you | have misguided |
| they | have misguided |
Imperfect
| I | misguided |
| you | misguided |
| he;she;it | misguided |
| we | misguided |
| you | misguided |
| they | misguided |
Pluperfect
| I | had misguided |
| you | had misguided |
| he;she;it | had misguided |
| we | had misguided |
| you | had misguided |
| they | had misguided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would misguide |
| you | would misguide |
| he;she;it | would misguide |
| we | would misguide |
| you | would misguide |
| they | would misguide |
Perfect
| I | would have misguided |
| you | would have misguided |
| he;she;it | would have misguided |
| we | would have misguided |
| you | would have misguided |
| they | would have misguided |
Imperative
| you | misguide |
| we | Let's misguide |
| you | misguide |
Verbs conjugated like 'misguide'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'misguide'
disguise,
disguize,
misgie,
misgive,
misgrade,
misguilt,
mistide,
beguide,
discide,
disgrade,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1390, "to go astray;" see mis- (1) + guide (v.). Trans. sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested 1509. Misguided "erring in purpose or action" is from 1659.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
5. Proto-Germanic *missaz
6. Proto-Germanic *missa-
7. Proto-West Germanic *missa-
8. Old English mis-
9. Middle English mys-
10. English mis-
11. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
12. Proto-Germanic *wītaną
13. Frankish *wītanbor.
14. Old Occitan guidarbor.
15. Old French guiderbor.
16. Middle English guiden
17. English guide
18. English misguide
19. From mis- + guide.
Sample Sentences
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On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […] [1895, Henry Maudsley, The Pathology of Mind, page 541:]
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1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
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Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath