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delude Definition

de·lude (di lo̵̅o̅d)

transitive verb -·luded, -·lud·ing

  1. to fool, as by false promises or wrong notions; mislead; deceive; trick
  2. Obsolete to elude or frustrate

Etymology: ME deluden < L deludere < de-, from + ludere, to play: see ludicrous

delude Synonyms

delude

v.

deceive, mislead, trick, fool; see deceive. See syn. study at deceive.

delude Usage Examples

Object

  • rambling: Cyberpunk, Spirituality and Technology - The Voidspace Blogspot The strange and deluded ramblings of a rather odd person.
  • fool: Even the most deluded of deluded optimistic naïve fools on LSD would laugh at that suggestion.
  • soul: He tutted at this, and said I was encouraging the self-degradation of deluded souls.
  • mind: However could alien abduction simply be a symptom of a deluded mind?
  • man: Rejoice, Thou Who dost put to shame the plans of the demons, carried out by deluded men!
  • person: Member again; and he trusted that those deluded persons who had assembled on Kennington Common would also withdraw their confidence from him.

Subject

religion: She was a nice lady, but quite deluded by religion.

Modifying Another Word

  • sadly: Unfortunately the others were sadly deluded over the best Doctor Who - it's Jon Pertwee, clearly.
  • seriously: Posted by: dicky on Aug 12, 04 | 7:41 pm Orlando, are you deliberately doing satans work or seriously deluded?
  • totally: I have never been able to find out what these are - I may of course be totally deluded.
  • probably: Society at large the two sets strategists probably deluded new york nov.
  • completely: Anyone would think that the individual was completely deluded.
  • enough: A certain young man was deluded enough to take unto himself a wife.

Followed by an intransitive particle

away: How are they then deluded away ( from the truth )?

Used with why or when

when: It would mean that I was lying or deluded when I said I was a Christian.

Infinitive complement

  • think: Even King Canute was not so deluded as to think he could actually reverse the tide.
  • believe: For you have rivals, others who are deluded enough to believe they also have some right to the treasure.

Preposition: with

idea: But we must not be deluded with the idea, that association of agricultural labor could be easily introduced into general practice.

Preposition: by

religion: She was a nice lady, but quite deluded by religion.

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