Definition of astray

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Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..

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Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..
Misleading :: Misleading (a.) Leading astray; delusive.
Mislead :: Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.
Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.
Deviate :: Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth..
Afield :: Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.
Amiss :: Amiss (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To lead about; to lead astray.
Stray :: Stray (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep..
Wander :: Wander (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject..
Forwander :: Forwander (v. i.) To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Hallucinate :: Hallucinate (v. i.) To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Err :: Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Pervert :: Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words..
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