misguide
Etymology
From mis- + guide.
verb
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(transitive) To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error. 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 5411988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath
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