Forgotten English…20
I would certainly hope you’d never do this… illude To play upon by artifice; to excite hope and disappoint it; [from] Latin ludo, to sport. Rev. John Boag’s Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850 Actually, the good Reverend didn’t remember his Latin grammar. ‘ To sport’ is ludere, while ludo means I sport, play... Sign in to see full entry.