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illude

[ ih-lood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, il·lud·ed, il·lud·ing.

illude

/ ɪˈluːd /

Origin of illude¹

1445–50; me < illūdere to mock, ridicule; illusion

Origin of illude¹

C15: from Latin illūdere to sport with, from lūdus game

If any one should at midnight get within their circle, they become visible to him, and they may then illude him.

Little by little, as I came nearer, she ceased to illude me, and I began to think of her as 'it.'

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