illude

Verb

illude (third-person singular simple present illudes, present participle illuding, simple past and past participle illuded)

1. (literary) To give a false impression to.
   • The fleshly children of Adam bee so politicke, subtil, craftie, and wise, in theyre kynde, that the electe should be illuded if it were possible:1547, Catherine Parr, The Lamentation of a Sinner
   • Tis now but wicked vanity to thinke,
     To color vitious deeds with good pretence,
     Or with bought colors to illude mens sense.1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham

   Synonyms:

   deceive, delude, dupe, fool, mislead, trick