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Webster 1913 Edition
Delude
De-lude′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deluded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deluding
.] 1.
To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.
To
delude
the nation by an airy phantom. Burke.
2.
To frustrate or disappoint.
Syn. – To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See
Deceive
. Webster 1828 Edition
Delude
DELUDE
, v.t.1.
To deceive; to impose on; to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgement; to beguile. Cheat is generally applied to deception in bargains; delude, to deception in opinion. An artful man deludes his followers. We are often deluded by false appearances.2.
To frustrate or disappoint.Definition 2024
delude
delude
English
Verb
delude (third-person singular simple present deludes, present participle deluding, simple past and past participle deluded)
- (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
- 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
- Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.
- Burke
- To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
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- (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
- Dryden
- It deludes thy search.
- Dryden
Synonyms
Translations
to deceive