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61beguile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delude, deceive; amuse, divert. See deception, pleasure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deceive] Syn. mislead, trick, delude, hoodwink; see deceive , tempt . 2. [To charm] Syn. delight, divert, amuse,… …
62delude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deceive, mislead, trick, fool; see deceive . See Synonym Study at deceive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [du LOOD] to deceive or fool.… …
63fool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See folly. v. dupe, mislead; idle away; tamper. See deception, change, inactivity. fool around II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A silly or stupid person] Syn. nitwit, simpleton, dunce, ninny, cretin, nincompoop …
64mislead — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deceive, delude, lead astray. See error, deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. delude, cheat, deceive, defraud, cozen, bilk, take in, overreach, outwit, ensnare, trick, enmesh, entangle, victimize,… …
65mystify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. puzzle, perplex, bewilder, obscure, confound, baffle. See concealment, deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. perplex, trick, hoodwink; see deceive , lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bewilder …
66trick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. artifice, stratagem, craft; illusion; wile, ruse, subterfuge, fraud, imposture, deception; tour, shift, turn; trait, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity. See unconformity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A deceit] Syn.… …
67Blindness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blindness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blindness blindness cecity excecation| amaurosis cataract ablepsy| prestriction| Sgm: N 1 dim sightedness dim sightedness &c. 443 Sgm: N 1 ablepsia ablepsia …
68pull the wool over someone's eyes — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑lead by the nose, ↑play… …
69hood´wink|er — hood|wink «HUD wihngk», transitive verb. 1. to mislead by a trick; deceive: »A man of business who is not to be hoodwinked (Charles Dickens). A professor…trying to hoodwink me by a bit of technical platitude (Leslie Stephen). 2. to blindfold: »We …
70hood|wink — «HUD wihngk», transitive verb. 1. to mislead by a trick; deceive: »A man of business who is not to be hoodwinked (Charles Dickens). A professor…trying to hoodwink me by a bit of technical platitude (Leslie Stephen). 2. to blindfold: »We ll have… …
