illude

[ ih-lood ]

verb (used with object)

, il·lud·ed, il·lud·ing.

1. to deceive or trick.
2. Obsolete.
   1. to mock or ridicule.
   2. to evade.

illude

/ ɪˈluːd /

verb

1. literary.
   to trick or deceive

Word History and Origins

Origin of illude¹

1445–50; me < illūdere to mock, ridicule; illusion

Word History and Origins

Origin of illude¹

C15: from Latin illūdere to sport with, from lūdus game

Example Sentences

If any one should at midnight get within their circle, they become visible to him, and they may then illude him.

From Project Gutenberg

Little by little, as I came nearer, she ceased to illude me, and I began to think of her as 'it.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• tempt