misderive

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ derive.

Verb

misderive (third-person singular simple present misderives, present participle misderiving, simple past and past participle misderived)

1. (transitive) To derive erroneously.
2. (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.

Related terms

• misderivation