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Meanings of lead astray in English

Portuguese
induzir ao erro
Spanish
despistar

Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.

        induzir ao erro
        Portuguese
        enganar
        Catalan
        enganyar
        Spanish
        engañar

        Cause someone to believe an untruth.

            enganar

            Teach immoral behavior to.

                  Usage of lead astray in English
                  1
                  The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.
                  Brave New World
                  2
                  You must renounce these novelties which would lead astray our national genius.
                  Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
                  3
                  Y: But he did lead astray a great multitude of you.
                  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
                  4
                  We may wander down alluring pathways that lead astray.
                  The Irish Times
                  5
                  This light from heaven can never lead astray.
                  Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
                  6
                  But they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive!
                  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
                  7
                  I am sorry to say such considerations may lead astray even the best and wisest of men.
                  Empire of Ivory
                  8
                  I know thy blessed radiance Can never lead astray, However ancient custom May tread some other way.
                  Our Unitarian Gospel
                  9
                  For was not this New Light sent here by Satan to lead astray one of his flock?
                  The End of the World: A Love Story
                  10
                  For him there should be no sentiment to deceive, no illusion to beguile, no fancy to lead astray.
                  Their Yesterdays
                  11
                  Thomas Turgoose is lead astray.
                  The Irish Times
                  12
                  Him whom thou directest none can lead astray, and him whom thou bewilderest none can direct upon his way.
                  The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
                  13
                  But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead astray men without knowledge?
                  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
                  14
                  The deer snuffed an enemy in the friend of their friend; they gave him a lead astray, which unconsciously he took.
                  The Forest Lovers
                  15
                  We find this exemplified by all the saintly attributes in turn-devoutlove of God, purity, charity, asceticism, all may lead astray.
                  The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
                  16
                  Who, then, is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he should lead astray men without knowledge?
                  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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