/ dɪˈluːd; NAmE / verb
delude sb / yourself (into doing sth) to make sb believe sth that is not true
SYN deceive :
[ vn ]
Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of danger yet.
You poor deluded creature.
He's deluding himself if he thinks it's going to be easy.
[ vn that ]
She had been deluding herself that he loved her.
—see also delusion
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin deludere to mock, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere to play.