Noah Webster
Illude
ILLU'DE, verb transitive [Latin illudo; in and ludo, to play. See Ludicrous.]
To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite hope and disappoint it.
ILLU'DE, verb transitive [Latin illudo; in and ludo, to play. See Ludicrous.]
To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite hope and disappoint it.