delude
verb (used with object)
to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.
has been deluding
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present perfect progressiveof delude (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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After Strane is accused by a more recent student on social media, Vanessa is cornered: She faces or almost faces the ways she has been deluding herself, and then she deludes herself again.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
Conceive a half- hour's interview between Queen Elizabeth and some popular lady- scribbler, who has been deluding herself into the fancy that gossiping inventories of millinery are history .
From Froude's History of England by Charles Kingsley
