deluding

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A form of delude — To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of delude

    ...the blaze on the hearth was flickering and faint, while the pale moonlight shone quietly into that room of disappointment and death, as it had a thousand times shone on its lonely and deluding pursuits.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 70-71

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APA

deluding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluding

MLA

“deluding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deluding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deluding.

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