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fourvoyer

/fuʁ.vwa.je/

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verb/fuʁ.vwa.je/

to mislead; to make a mistake, go astray, err; to cloak

Synonyms: dévoyer, tromper, égarer

Inherited from Old French forvoier. Equivalent to for- + voie (“way”) + -er. Perhaps a calque of Frankish *farleidian (compare Old Saxon farlēdian, Dutch verleiden, German verleiten).