delude
verb (used with object)
to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.
has deluded
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present perfectof delude (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Our mastery over manifold aspects of life has deluded us into thinking that we have bent the planet to our will.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2015
"Some rascal has deluded this simple, unsophisticated girl into the belief that he has married her, then cast her adrift."
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Laura Jean Libbey
Tell me; do you think that dreadful girl has deluded him away?”
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
He says that one of the principal objects of his book is to show how Mr. Darwin "has deluded himself, and perhaps others, by a constant abuse of figurative language."
From What is Darwinism? by Charles Hodge
They gave Paris that superficial aspect of luxury and gaiety which has deluded so many historians of this period, because the insolent prodigality displayed covered the general misery.
From The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave Le Bon
