il·lusionar

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Etymology

From il·lusió +‎ -ar.

Verb

il·lusionar (first-person singular present il·lusiono, first-person singular preterite il·lusioní, past participle il·lusionat)

  1. (transitive) to give (someone) false hopes, to deceive
  2. (pronominal, intransitive) to indulge in wishful thinking
    • 1940, Antoni Rovira i Virgili, Els darrers dies de la Catalunya republicana:
      Torno a il·lusionar-me, com en un dolç engany volgut, sobre la possibilitat de passar a Olot unes quantes setmanes.
      I'm again thinking wishfully, as in a sweet and willful deception, about the possibility of spending a few weeks in Olot.

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