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Delude
//dɪˈluːd// verb
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Verb
- 1 To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe. transitive
"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."
- 2 be false to; be dishonest with wordnet
- 3 To frustrate or disappoint. obsolete, transitive
"It deludes thy search."
Etymology
From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous.
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