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deludere [CL] , to delude, dupe. b to frustrate (an enterprise). c to mock. sic ‥ / per totam noctem praeses diluditur amens, / defensante Deo sacrasque tuente puellas Aldh. VirgV 2239; Antichristus ‥ signis incautos videtur delusurus Pull. Sent. 888B; Ælnoth Cnut 127A (v. coaptare 1b); quod ‥ nequaquam ageret, nisi hinc eum falsa quedam felicitatis imago ~eret Ailr. Spec. Car. I 22. 525C; est stolidi bis deludi, semel est sapientis D. Bec. 871; rex, videns se sic vicissim ~i et truphari verbis ‥, resumpsit arma G. Hen. V 19.  b opus ‥ delusum G. Hen. V 6 (v. contracuniculus).  c audivi ‥ militem quendam sacerdotum avaritiam facete ~entem Gir. GE I 48.

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