delude

Universal Words verb ~ sb / yourself (into doing sth) to make sb believe sth that is not true SYNDECEIVE: [VN] Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of danger yet. * You poor deluded creature. * He's deluding himself if he thinks it's going to be easy. * [VNthat] She had been deluding herself that he loved her. seealsoDELUSION