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delude

[ dih-lood ]

verb (used with object)

deluded, deluding.
  1. to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive:

    His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. Obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.
  3. Obsolete. to elude; evade.


delude

/ ɪˈː /

verb

  1. to deceive the mind or judgment of; mislead; beguile
  2. rare.
    to frustrate (hopes, expectations, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܻ徱Բ, adverb
  • ˈܻ, noun
  • ˈܻ岹, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

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  • ·ܻ·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz··ܻ·Բ adjective
  • ܲ··ܻ·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delude1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English deluden, from Latin ŧū “to play false,” equivalent to ŧ- de- + ū “to play”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of delude1

C15: from Latin ŧū to mock, play false, from de- + ū to play
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He’s so deluded about what sounds cool that he’s nicknamed himself “The Garbage Man.”

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“It was the example of men like Darrow that caused the poor deluded wretch, J.B. McNamara, to believe that he could commit the crimes he did with safety to himself,” Ford said.

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To make matters very slightly worse, some of the more deluded or imaginative of those left-wing thinkers have occasionally pretzeled themselves into optimism about Donald Trump’s foreign policy, basically on the stopped-clock theory.

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Although some have deluded themselves into thinking the contrary, there will be no deus ex machina moment to stop this from happening.

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They were just a useful punching bag for fascist leaders, who needed a hate object to dangle in front of their deluded supporters.

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