Associations to the word «Delude»

Wiktionary

DELUDE, verb. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
DELUDE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.

Dictionary definition

DELUDE, verb. Be false to; be dishonest with.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne