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de·lude

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–verb (used with object), -lud·ed, -lud·ing.

1.	to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive: His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.

2.	Obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.

3.	Obsolete. to elude; evade.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME deluden < L délūdere to play false, equiv. to dé- de- + lūdere to play

]

—Related forms

de·lud·er, noun

de·lud·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. beguile, cozen, dupe, cheat, defraud, gull.

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de·lude Audio Help (dĭ-lōōd') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. de·lud·ed, de·lud·ing, de·ludes

To deceive the mind or judgment of: fraudulent ads that delude consumers into sending in money. See Synonyms at deceive.
Obsolete To elude or evade.
Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.

[Middle English deluden, from Latin dēlūdere : dē-, de- + lūdere, to play; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]

de·lud'er n., de·lud'ing·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
delude

c.1408, from L. deludere "to mock, deceive," from de- "down, to one's detriment" + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous).

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delude
verb
be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
delude [diˈluːd] verb

to deceive or mislead (usually without actually telling lies)
Example: She deluded herself into thinking he cared for her.

Arabic:	يَخْدَع، يَغُش
Chinese (Simplified):	欺骗，哄骗，迷惑
Chinese (Traditional):	欺騙，哄騙，迷惑
Czech:	klamat (se), namluvit
Danish:	narre; vildlede; føre bag lyset
Dutch:	wijsmaken
Estonian:	eksiteele viima
Finnish:	johtaa harhaan, tuudittautua
French:	(se) tromper
German:	sich vormachen
Greek:	ξεγελώ, παραπλανώ
Hungarian:	becsap
Icelandic:	leiða á villigötur, blekkja (sjálfan sig)
Indonesian:	menipu
Italian:	illudere

Japanese:	まどわす
Korean:	속이다, 현혹하다
Latvian:	maldināt
Lithuanian:	apgauti, suklaidinti
Norwegian:	føre bak lyset, lyve for (seg selv)
Polish:	oszukiwać, okłamywać
Portuguese (Brazil):	iludir
Portuguese (Portugal):	iludir
Romanian:	a (se) înşela
Russian:	заблуждаться
Slovak:	klamať (sa)
Slovenian:	slepiti (se)
Spanish:	engañar
Swedish:	lura, förleda, bedra
Turkish:	kandırmak

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: de·lude
Pronunciation: di-'lüd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·lud·ed; de·lud·ing
: to mislead the mind or judgment of

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Delude

De*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceiving.] [OE. deceveir, F. d['e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, Deception.]

1. To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.

Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. --2 Tim. iii. 13.

Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.

What can 'scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart? --Milton.

2. To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour. --Wordsworth.

3. To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. [Obs.]

Plant fruit trees in large borders, and set therein fine flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they deceive the trees. --Bacon.

Syn: Deceive, Delude, Mislead.

Usage: Deceive is a general word applicable to any kind of misrepresentation affecting faith or life. To delude, primarily, is to make sport of, by deceiving, and is accomplished by playing upon one's imagination or credulity, as by exciting false hopes, causing him to undertake or expect what is impracticable, and making his failure ridiculous. It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder. But it is often used reflexively, indicating that a person's own weakness has made him the sport of others or of fortune; as, he deluded himself with a belief that luck would always favor him. To mislead is to lead, guide, or direct in a wrong way, either willfully or ignorantly.

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Delude

De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluding.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]

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.

It deludes thy search. --Dryden.

Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive.

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Delude

De*lu"sion\n. [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude.]

1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. --Pope.

2. The state of being deluded or misled.

3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. --Prior.

Syn: Delusion, Illusion.

Usage: These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. Delusion is deception from want of knowledge; illusion is deception from morbid imagination. An illusion is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A delusion is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life. Or, in other words, it is an erroneous view of something which exists indeed, but has by no means the qualities or attributes ascribed to it. Thus we speak of the illusions of fancy, the illusions of hope, illusive prospects, illusive appearances, etc. In like manner, we speak of the delusions of stockjobbing, the delusions of honorable men, delusive appearances in trade, of being deluded by a seeming excellence. "A fanatic, either religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions; while the term illusion is applied solely to the visions of an uncontrolled imagination, the chimerical ideas of one blinded by hope, passion, or credulity, or lastly, to spectral and other ocular deceptions, to which the word delusion is never applied." --Whately.

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