delude

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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 159: 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 159: 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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  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 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.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
    • Dryden
      It deludes thy search.

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Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

delude

  1. third-person singular present of deludere

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dēlūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēlūdō

Middle English

Verb

delude

  1. Alternative form of deluden

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.