"delude" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈluːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈljuːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈluːd/ [US], /dəˈluːd/ [US] Audio: en-us-delude.ogg [US] Forms: deludes [present, singular, third-person], deluding [participle, present], deluded [participle, past], deluded [past]
Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: From Middle English deluden, from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō ("I make sport of, I mock"). See ludicrous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|deluden}} Middle English deluden, {{der|en|la|dēlūdō||mock, deceive}} Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), {{m|la|de}} de, {{m|la|lūdō}} lūdō, {{m|en|ludicrous}} ludicrous Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to deceive): deceive, mislead Translations (to deceive): заблуждавам (zabluždavam) (Bulgarian), enganyar (Catalan), oklamat [perfective] (Czech), šálit [imperfective] (Czech), ošálit [perfective] (Czech), misleiden (Dutch), bedriegen (Dutch), begoochelen (Dutch), tricher (French), tromper (French), irreführen (German), täuschen (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan) (Gothic), félrevezet (Hungarian), megtéveszt (Hungarian), becsap (Hungarian), illudere (Italian), ingannare (Italian), കബളിപ്പിക്കുക (kabaḷippikkuka) (Malayalam), छक्याउनु (chakyāunu) (Nepali), enganar (Occitan), înșela (Romanian), amăgi (Romanian), deludir (Spanish), engañar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delude-en-verb-lxrYpKwE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'to deceive': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'to deceive': 100 0
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-delude-en-verb-sNy9DCiL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: delusion, delusional, deluded, allude, elude, illude

Inflected forms

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