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elusion|ɪˈl(j)uːʒən|
[as if ad. L. *ēlūsiōn-em, n. of action f. ēlūdĕ-re to elude.]
†1. The action of deluding or befooling a person; concr. an illusion, deceptive appearance. Cf. elude v. 1.
1550Cranmer Defence 22 b, Than is the sensible sacrament nothyng else but an elusion of our senses. 1683Salmon Doron Med. ii. 294 Strengthens the Brain, takes away Elusions and Phantasms of the Mind. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 239 The Impostures and Elusions of those who have pretended to it [i.e. transmutation of metals].
2. The action of escaping dexterously from (danger, pursuit, etc.), of evading (an argument, a command, law, or obligation): cf. elude 2, 3. rare in mod. use. Const. of.
1624–47Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 272 The place is so choakingly convictive, that there can be no probable elusion of it. 1633T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter i. 3 Yet shall there be no elusion of God's will. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. Pref. 94 Interposals of humane invention are..wicked elusions of the power..of the Gospel. 1726Amherst Terræ Fil. App. 278 The trouble of writing..a book upon the..elusion of one particular statute. 1874T. Hardy Madding Crowd II. xvi. 197 The planting of flowers on Fanny's grave had been..but a species of elusion of the primary grief.
†b. absol. An evasion, subterfuge; abstr. evasiveness. Obs.
1617Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 498 I heare your answer..An elusion fit for children. 1628― Old Relig. (1686) 168 Cardinal Bellarmine's elusion is not a little prejudicial to his own cause. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. i. xxiii. 296 Laws are not to be cosened and abused by..phantastick elusions. 1688Vox Cleri Pro R. 7 He hath writ with all the..Elusion, to which the Capacity of his Wit could extend. |