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Definition of Illude
1. v. t. To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Definition of Illude
1. Verb. (literary) to delude, fool ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illude
1. to deceive [v -LUDED, -LUDING, -LUDES] - See also: deceive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illude
Literary usage of Illude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Redemptorists at Annapolis, Md., from 1853 to 1903: With a by Redemptorist Father (1904)
"Conspiracy to-day would friendship feign— To-morrow, friendship's sacred claims
illude.— The soil of Mary's Land had ceased to be ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To illude, to deceive, Renfrews. 3. To neglect any thing put under one's charge.
... illude ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"86 ; whence the short form illume (see above), with which cf. relume, Oth. v. 2.
13. illude, to deceive. (L. ; or F., —L.) ' I cannot be ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"It would be a very hard construction to hold, that by the part of the execution
of his power, which was directed towards them, he meant to illude, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To gab off, to mock, to illude ; [to lie ; part. pr. gabbin, used also as a ».
and as an ... As lui. gabbo signifies sport, a joke, gabbare is to illude. ..."
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