illude
[ ih-lood ]
verb (used with object),il·lud·ed, il·lud·ing.
to deceive or trick.
Obsolete.
to mock or ridicule.
to evade.
Origin of illude
11445–50; me <illūdere to mock, ridicule; see illusion
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How to use illude in a sentence
If any one should at midnight get within their circle, they become visible to him, and they may then illude him.
The Fairy Mythology | Thomas KeightleyLittle by little, as I came nearer, she ceased to illude me, and I began to think of her as 'it.'
And Even Now | Max Beerbohm
British Dictionary definitions for illude
illude
/ (ɪˈluːd) /
verb
literary to trick or deceive
Origin of illude
1C15: from Latin illūdere to sport with, from lūdus game
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