Delude
[dɪ'l(j)uːd]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Deceive, beguile, mislead, cheat, cozen, chouse, diddle, gull, dupe, circumvent, overreach, trick, impose upon, lead astray, lead into error.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DECEIVE]
Editor: Omar
Definition
v.t. to play or impose upon: to deceive.—adj. Delud′able.—n. Delud′er.
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Examples
- But we want to delude ourselves that love is the root. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I don't delude myself that I shall find an elixir of life in Dresden. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You delude me with a false assent, and then I am at the mercy of your devices. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Or would she go a step further, and delude us into believing that the Moonstone was stolen? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If I could have deluded myself into a belief of this kind, I should have been far more satisfied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I may feel--nay, know--that I have been deluded and deceived. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Colonel was not to be deluded in that way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then, I have been deceived, and deluded,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These deluded and romantic men gave me a glimpse of the skilled proletariat of the United States. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Within, was the peace as of innocence, reckless blindless, deluding joy, hope, whose still anchor rested on placid but unconstant water. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And he is so condescending to the son he so egregiously deludes that you might suppose him the most virtuous of parents. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Only the pathetic amateur deludes himself into thinking that, if he presents the major and minor premise, the voter will automatically draw the conclusion on election day. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Timmy