DELUDE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

To frustrate or disappoint. It deludes thy search. Dryden.


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