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to delude
01
to deceive someone into believing something that is not true, often by creating false hopes or illusions
Transitive: to delude sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
delude
3rd person singular
deludes
present participle
deluding
past simple
deluded
past participle
deluded
Examples
The politician deluded voters with promises of unrealistic solutions to complex problems.
Lexical Tree
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