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語源

mis- +‎ derive

動詞

misderive (三人称単数 現在形 misderives, 現在分詞 misderiving, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.

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• misderivation