Crossword clues for deluding
deluding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Delude \De*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluding.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]
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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.
To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
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To frustrate or disappoint.
It deludes thy search.
--Dryden.Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of delude English)
Usage examples of "deluding".
What if he was deluding himself and the secret call to freedom was simply a wishful suggestion voiced by another desperate person?
The chink in the armor of the enslaving and deluding projected world is narrow, small, and difficult, but within the terms of this model it can be defined: Restoration to what is conceived to be our original divine state enters, so to speak, via the road of disobedience to that which, however much coercive power it exerts over us, is counterfeit.
Our world is a deluding projection by an artifact that does not even know that it is an artifact, or what its purpose in projecting our world is.