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▪ I. † undiˈrect, a. Obs.
[un-1 7.]
= indirect a.
a1592Greene Selimus 929 His brethren both..Do seeke the Empire while your grace doth liue, And that by vndirect sinister meanes. 1614Latham Falconry (1633) 80 When through our disorder & vndirect courses, we haue wrought their vnsoundnes, we forget to looke backe. 1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox ii. 45 Those, who by oblique and undirect wayes do seek to accomplish their pretensions.
▪ II. undiˈrect, v.
[un-1 14.]
trans. To misdirect, lead astray.
1647Fuller Gd. Th. in Worse T. 100 Some English People on the Sea side..who make false fires to undirect Seamen in a Tempest. |