miscounsel
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English miscounceilen, miscounselen, equivalent to mis- + counsel. Possibly formed on the model of Old French mesconceillier.
Verb edit
miscounsel (third-person singular simple present miscounsels, present participle miscounselling or miscounseling, simple past and past participle miscounselled or miscounseled)
- (transitive) To counsel or advise wrongly.
References edit
- “miscounsel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.