delude

delude
    v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: {deceive}, {lead on},
         {delude}, {cozen}]
    

Delude \De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Deluding}.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play,
   make sport of, mock. See {Ludicrous}.]
   1. 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.
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            To delude the nation by an airy phantom. --Burke.
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   2. To frustrate or disappoint.
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            It deludes thy search.                --Dryden.

   Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See
        {Deceive}.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "delude":
      bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent,
      conjure, deceive, diddle, double-cross, dupe, forestall, gammon,
      get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle,
      let down, mock, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach,
      pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, string along,
      take in, trick, two-time