"misderive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misderives [present, singular, third-person], misderiving [participle, present], misderived [participle, past], misderived [past]
Etymology: From mis- + derive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|derive}} mis- + derive Head templates: {{en-verb}} misderive (third-person singular simple present misderives, present participle misderiving, simple past and past participle misderived)
  1. (transitive) To derive erroneously. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misderive-en-verb-MhatpwDl
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-misderive-en-verb-40XHz4ol Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: misderivation

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To derive erroneously."
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