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Definition of Delude
1. Verb. Be false to; be dishonest with.
Specialized synonyms: Betray, Sell, Cheat, Chisel, Shill, Flim-flam, Fob, Fox, Play A Joke On, Play A Trick On, Play Tricks, Pull A Fast One On, Trick, Befool, Fool, Gull, Betray, Cheat, Cheat On, Cuckold, Wander, Hoax, Play A Joke On, Pull Someone's Leg, Ensnare, Entrap, Frame, Set Up, Humbug
Generic synonyms: Victimise, Victimize
Derivative terms: Deception, Deception, Deceptive, Deceptive, Delusion, Delusion, Delusion, Delusive, Delusory
Definition of Delude
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Delude
1. Verb. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delude
1. to mislead the mind or judgment of [v -LUDED, -LUDING, -LUDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delude
Literary usage of Delude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"delude, in Latin ... Men deceive themselves with false pretexts and false
confidence; they delude themselves with vain hopes and wishes. ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... so to delude and disquiet the world with such idle ceremonies, false doctrines,
superstitious fopperies, are from themselves, innate fear, ignorance, ..."
3. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"infernal ministers take, so to delude and disquiet the world with such idle
ceremonies, false doctrines, superstitious fopperies, are from themselves, ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... in divers Letters described, Dutch abusive devises by lyes to delude and
dis-hearten our men: divers Extracts of Letters of Master *in Master ..."
5. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1887)
"aspirations ; all the pains taken to delude him into the notion that he is a lord
will not make him essentially other than ' Old Sly's son, of Burton Heath ..."
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