delude
Meaning
Verb
- To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
- To frustrate or disappoint.
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Origin
- From Middle English deluden, from Latin dēlūdō ("mock, deceive"), from de + lūdō ("I make sport of, I mock"). See ludicrous.
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