beguide

To guide, direct

Verb

  1. To guide, direct
    • Breathing like sanctified and pious bonds The better to beguide: this is for all, […] - 1908, original c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Appleton Morgan, Willis Vickery, Plays of Mr. William Shakespeare:
    • As good hope serveth to increase strength in a man, so rash hope oftentimes beguideth men. - 1618, Pierre de la Primaudaye, The French Academie:
    • From the servant of God Mahomet Osman Abou Gugliz to Gordon Pasha, the beloved by England, and the Khedive, may God beguide him to the true faith. - 1885, Charles George Gordon, Alfred Egmont Hake, The Journals of...

Origin

From Middle English *begiden (attested only as Middle English begien, bygyen), equivalent to be- + guide.

Forms

beguides beguiding beguided