illusion

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ILLU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin illusio, from illudo, to illude.] Deceptive appearance; false show, by which a person is or may be deceived, or his expectations disappointed; mockery. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
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