Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object), il·lud·ed, il·lud·ing.
- to deceive or trick.
- Obsolete.
- to mock or ridicule.
- to evade.
verb
- literary to trick or deceive
early 15c., “to mock, to trick,” from Latin illudere “to make sport of,” from assimilated form of in- “in, into” (see in- (2)) + ludere “to play” (see ludicrous).