delude
English
Etymology
From Middle English deluden, from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō ("I make sport of, I mock"). See ludicrous.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈluːd/, /dɪˈljuːd/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˈluːd/, /dəˈluːd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Verb
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- (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 book title or journal name)[1]:
- 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.
- (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
- Dryden
- It deludes thy search.
- Dryden
Synonyms
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Translations
to deceive
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Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ude
Verb
delude
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dēlūde
Middle English
Verb
delude
- Alternative form of deluden
Spanish
Verb
delude
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