Wilder

[WIL-dər]Part of speech: verb

Origin: unknown, early 17th century

(with object) to cause to be lost
(without object) to be lost

Examples of Wilder in a sentence

The guide was using an old map and quickly wildered his companions.
It can be an adventure to wilder in a new city, as long as you find your hotel at the end of the day.

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"As usual you have wildered us again, Napoleon,"Illya groused. His complaints fell on deaf ears as Napoleon stood, pointing to their hotel.

"See I told you I could find it tovarisch."

Kuryakin looked at his wristwatch."Hmmm, yes. It only took you two hours this time. Now can we please go to dinner, I am famished."

"You're always famished."

"Tsk. That is from being lost with you yet again..."

Napoleon Solo didn't want the other members of Section Two to know that he was taking a remedial course on map reading at the local National Guard. He was tired of listening to comments from his partner about him wildering them "every time he tried to read a map". Napoleon wanted to surprise Illya with his new skill at map reading.

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