Deludo, delúdis, pe. pro. delúsi, delûsum, pe. pro. delúdere. Plau. To mocke: to deceiue: to abuse.Deludi ab aliquo.Cic.Deludi in re aliqua. Ter. Deludere dolis. Ter. By crafty meanes to deceiue.Terra deludet atantes. Prop. The earth wil mocke & frufirate them.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dē-lūdo, si, sum, 3 (arch. inf. pass. deludier, Ter. And. 1, 2, 32), v. a.I.To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude. A. Prop. (rare, but class.), Ter. l. l. in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos diutius a tribuno plebis patiemini?Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79: me dolis, Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 4: animum hoc uno responso (Apollo), Verg. A. 6, 344: corvum hiantem, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56: amantem, Ov. Am. 2, 19, 33 al.—Absol.: nihil agere atque deludere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.—B.Transf., of inanimate subjects: terra deludet arantes, Prop. 2, 15, 31 (3, 7, 31 M.): quae sopitos deludunt somnia sensus, Verg. A. 10, 642; cf. of one dreaming, Ov. M. 8, 827: quem spes delusit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 7.— II.To play through, to leave off playing: gladiatores cum deluserunt, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, 202.