Part 2907

<blockquote>As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the <b>deluge</b>. <i>F. Harrison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>After me the <b>deluge</b>. (Apr\'82s moi le d\'82luge.) <i>Madame de Pompadour.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deluge</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>Del"uge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deluged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deluging</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>deluged</b> earth would useless grow. <i>Blackmore.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; <as>as, the northern nations <ex>deluged</ex> the Roman empire with their armies; the land is <ex>deluged</ex> with woe.</as></def>

<blockquote>At length corruption, like a general fl<?/<?/<?/ . . . Shall <b>deluge</b> all. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Delundung</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*lun"dung</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An East Indian carnivorous mammal (<spn>Prionodon gracilis</spn>), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.</def>

<h1>Delusion</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*lu"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delusio</ets>, fr. <ets>deludere</ets>. See <er>Delude</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being deluded or misled.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.</def>

<blockquote>And fondly mourned the dear <b>delusion</b> gone. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Delusion</er>, <er>Illusion</er>.</syn> <usage> These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. <i>Delusion</i> is deception from want of knowledge; <i>illusion</i> is deception from morbid imagination. An <i>illusion</i> is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A <i>delusion</i> is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life. Or, in other words, it is an erroneous view of something which exists indeed, but has by no means the qualities or attributes ascribed to it. Thus we speak of the <i>illusions</i> of fancy, the <i>illusions</i> of hope, <i>illusive</i> prospects, <i>illusive</i> appearances, etc. In like manner, we speak of the <i>delusions</i> of stockjobbing, the <i>delusions</i> of honorable men, <i>delusive</i> appearances in trade, of being <i>deluded</i> by a seeming excellence.</usage>

"A fanatic, either religious or political, is the subject of strong <i>delusions</i>; while the term <i>illusion</i> is applied solely to the visions of an uncontrolled imagination, the chimerical ideas of one blinded by hope, passion, or credulity, or lastly, to spectral and other ocular deceptions, to which the word <i>delusion</i> is never applied." <i>Whately.</i>

<h1>Delusional</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*lu"sion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to delusions; <as>as, <ex>delusional</ex> monomania</as>.</def>

<h1>Delusive</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*lu"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Delude</er>.]</ety> <def>Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; <as>as, <ex>delusive</ex> arts; a <ex>delusive</ex> dream.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Delusive</b> and unsubstantial ideas. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>De*lu"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>De*lu"sive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Delusory</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*lu"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Delusive; fallacious.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>