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delude

de·lude

UK/dɪˈluːd/ US/dɪˈljuːd/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

be false to; be dishonest with

Origin

From Middle English deluden, borrowed from Latin dēlūdō (“mock, deceive”), from de + lūdō (“to make sport of, to mock”). See ludicrous.

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