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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)
- (transitive) to give (someone) false hopes, to deceive
- (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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