"beguide" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1908, original c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Appleton Morgan, Willis Vickery, Plays of Mr. William Shakespeare:",
          "text": "Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds\nThe better to beguide: this is for all, […]",
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          "text": "As good hope serveth to increase strength in a man, so rash hope oftentimes beguideth men.",
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          "ref": "1885, Charles George Gordon, Alfred Egmont Hake, The Journals of Major-gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum, page 447:",
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        "(archaic) To guide, direct"
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        "present"
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      "form": "beguided",
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