delude
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Stay, Stay, most officious senate, I shall straight Delude thy fury.
From Sejanus: His Fall by Jonson, Ben
For Heavens sake Delude mine Eyes no longer! how came ye off?
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis
An' aft your moss-traversing spunkies Decoy the wight that late and drunk is; The bleezin', curst, mischievous monkeys Delude his eyes, Till in some miry slough he sunk is, Ne'er mair to rise.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
Nay stay Sir, first You must my Story Hear: How could you thus Delude your Bosome-Friend?
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
Delude, de-lūd′, v.t. to play or impose upon: to deceive.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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