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Word entry · 6 letters

delude

Best crossword clue

"Mislead"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈluːd/Part of speech verbSorted ddeeluStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be false to; be dishonest with

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
  • It deludes thy search.

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