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misderived

misderived is the simple past and past participle of misderive.

Meaning of misderive

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To derive erroneously.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
    • […] 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

Questions about misderived

What is misderived the simple past and past participle of?
Misderived is the simple past and past participle of misderive.

Words near misderived in the dictionary

  1. misdeposition
  2. misdepositions
  3. misderivation
  4. misderivations
  5. misderive
  6. misderived
  7. misderives
  8. misderiving
  9. misdescribe
  10. misdescribed
  11. misdescriber

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misderived (page history and authors); misderive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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