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What is the verb for delusion?

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delude
  1. (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “That businesses spend vast sums to delude consumers, not inform them, is too obvious to merit comment.”
      “When we believe our own storyline, as if it were a novel that will reach its climax and denouement in tidy fashion, we delude ourselves.”
      “Men belaud you as delicate and fragile, so as to delude you into thinking yourselves weak.”
deluded
deludes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delude
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The latter symbolizes that egoistic force of maya which deludes individuals and keeps them from knowing their innate nature as god.”
      “He gives himself untruth in surveying himself yet deludes none but himself.”
      “Likewise Maya is in the Lord but does not affect Him, while the same Maya deludes the whole world.”
deluding
  1. present participle of delude
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Marketers are deluding themselves if they think that adware is an effective means of reaching their target audience.”
      “It's all about sound bites, deluding the people, pandering to the lowest common denominator.”
      “Modern medicine has a way of preserving life and deluding us into thinking that we're not going to die.”
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