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illusive, a.|ɪˈl(j)uːsɪv|
[f. L. illūs-, ppl. stem of illūdĕre to illude + -ive.]
That tends to illude or deceive by unreal appearances; productive of illusion or false impression; deceptive; illusory.
1679Jenison Popish Plot 38 As if all were but an apparition or an illusive thing. 1755J. G. Cooper Tomb Shaks. (R.), In yonder mead behold that vapour Whose vivid beams illusive play, Far off it seems a friendly taper To guide the traveller on his way. 1813Scott Trierm. Concl. i, A vain illusive show, That melts whene'er the sun⁓beams glow. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. ix. (1858) II. 399 The efforts at a combination had hitherto been illusive and ineffectual. 1893W. H. Hudson Patagonia 208 The mysterious illusive city, peopled by whites..is to moderns a myth.
Hence iˈllusively adv., in an illusive manner, by an illusion; iˈllusiveness, illusive or deceptive quality.
1727Bailey vol. II, Illusiveness. 1818Todd, Illusively. 1824Examiner 246/2 Water was never more illusively lucid. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. ix. 248 A vein of illusiveness runs through every page. 1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 327 The illusion loses its illusiveness. |