deluded

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The unlearned are deluded, and led away from faith to works and orders.

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  1. transitive verb To deceive the mind or judgment of: fraudulent ads that delude consumers into sending in money. See Synonyms at deceive.
  2. transitive verb Obsolete To elude or evade.
  3. transitive verb Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.

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  • We believe they are deluded, and know that if they are not, we are. —  Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78
  • But again I AM deluded, and this is boxing, I sometimes think of myself as a gift wrapper.
  • Ministers and all classes of the people were thus deluded, and almost every person, adult or child, was a consumer Upon rising in the morning a glass of liquor must be taken to give an appetite for breakfast. —  Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
  • Most of the Brothers, I think, are just deluded--but Shannon's evil, and as long as they're under his spell, they'll act that way too Did you commit any crimes while you were a Brother Degas shook his head. —  The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel
  • He is not easily deluded, and his eyes are steadfastly fixed on Constantinople. —  Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
 

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