delude
verb (used with object)
to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.
deluder
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a word derived from
delude.
Example Sentences
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For the public it was a happy episode, with a deluder, for once, deluded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or is it that from being a deluder of others he has become at last his own dupe as he is, if report belie him not, his own and his only enjoyer?
From Ulysses by James Joyce
I saw her no longer as the deluder of Aunt Jane, but as herself the deluded.
From Spanish Doubloons by Camilla Kenyon
Men have done more for mistresses, and women for a base deluder.
From The Gamester (1753) by Charles H. Peake
It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section D and E by Project Gutenberg
