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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Err :: Err (v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin..
Divagation :: Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Afield :: Afield (adv.) Out of the way; astray.
Misguide :: Misguide (v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding..
Seduce :: Seduce (v. t.) To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
Strayer :: Stray (n.) The act of wandering or going astray.
Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To lead about; to lead astray.
Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one 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..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step..
Miswend :: Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray.
Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon..
Stray :: Stray (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray..
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..
Miswander :: Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
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.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
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