delude
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
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- 6
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Definition of delude
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
“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.”
“To delude the nation by an airy phantom.”
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verb
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(transitive)To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
“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.”
“To delude the nation by an airy phantom.”
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(obsolete, transitive)To frustrate or disappoint.
“It deludes thy search.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous.
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