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Webster 1913 Edition


Delude

De-lude′

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See
Deceive
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Delude

DELUDE

, v.t.
1.
To deceive; to impose on; to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgement; to beguile. Cheat is generally applied to deception in bargains; delude, to deception in opinion. An artful man deludes his followers. We are often deluded by false appearances.
2.
To frustrate or disappoint.

Definition 2024


delude

delude

English

Verb

delude (third-person singular simple present deludes, present participle deluding, simple past and past participle deluded)

  1. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
    • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
      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.
    • Burke
      To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
    • Dryden
      It deludes thy search.

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Italian

Verb

delude

  1. third-person singular present of deludere

Latin

Verb

delūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of delūdō

Spanish

Verb

delude

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of deludir.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of deludir.
  3. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of deludir.