What does deluding mean?
Deluding means present participle and gerund of delude.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of delude.
...the blaze on the hearth was flickering and faint, while the pale moonlight shone quietly into that room of disappointment and death, as it had a thousand times shone on its lonely and deluding pursuits.
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Deluding means present participle and gerund of delude.
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...the blaze on the hearth was flickering and faint, while the pale moonlight shone quietly into that room of disappointment and death, as it had a thousand times shone on its lonely and deluding pursuits.
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