Definitions for Delude
dɪˈludde·lude

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb

   be false to; be dishonest with

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deludeverb

   To deceive someone into believing something which is false.

2. Etymology: From deludo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DELUDEverb

   Etymology: deludo, Latin.

   1. To beguile; to cheat; to deceive; to impose on.

   O, give me leave, I have deluded you;
   ’Twas neither Charles, nor yet the duke I nam’d,
   But Reignier, king of Naples, that prevail’d. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Let not the Trojans, with a feign’d pretence
   Of proffer’d peace, delude the Latian prince. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. To disappoint; to frustrate.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delude

   Delude refers to the act of deceiving or misleading someone into believing something that is not true. It involves creating a false impression or fostering untrue beliefs, often for personal gain or advantage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deludeverb

   to lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of

2. Deludeverb

   to frustrate or disappoint

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delude

   de-lūd′, v.t. to play or impose upon: to deceive.—adj. Delud′able.—n. Delud′er. [L. deludĕre, to play—de, down, ludĕre, lusum, to play.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DELUDE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Delude is ranked #32438 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Delude surname appeared 709 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Delude.
   
   90.5% or 642 total occurrences were White.
   4.2% or 30 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.9% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.9% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for Delude »

1. dueled

2. eluded

How to pronounce Delude?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Delude in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Delude in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Delude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Delude in a Sentence

1. Silvio Brusaferro:

   We must not delude ourselves that a slowdown of the spread may lead us to slow down the measures of social distancing that we have adopted.

2. Joe Manchin:

   We need some good rules changes, i wouldn't want to delude anybody into thinking this is easy, but we're trying to come to a place where 50 senators can support two bills -- the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Act -- and with a change in the rules, so we can get the votes to pass these bills into law.

3. Mahabharata:

   In youth a man is deluded by other ideas than those which delude him in middle life, and again in his decay he embraces other ideas.

4. Jane Wagner:

   Our ability to delude ourselves may be an important survival tool.

5. Henry C. Blinn:

   Mistakes live in the neighbourhood of truth and therefore delude us.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Delude
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delude
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Delude
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Delude
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Delude
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html