Definition of delude
deluded;
deluding
transitive verb
1
:to mislead the mind or judgment of :deceive, trick
- … people he regards as deluded by the romantic idea that children somehow possess innate knowledge …
- —Andrew Delbanco
- … Hamilton apparently deluded himself, as the first Treasury secretary, into thinking his policies patriotic when their effect, Mr. Phillips says, was to put money into silken purses.
- —Michael Knox Beran
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