ILLUSION
\ɪlˈuːʒən], \ɪlˈuːʒən], \ɪ_l_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ILLUSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
By Princeton University
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an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
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A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
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A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
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A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
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A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Deceptive appearance; false show; hallucination; tulle; delicate lace for veils.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Deceived by appearances; incorrect perception.
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The misapprehension or false interpretation of external objects which really exist.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision ; deceptive appearance ;-deception ; chimera ; fallacy ; error ; hallucination.
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Mockery, false show, counterfeit appearance, errour.
By Thomas Sheridan
