† ludifyv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To deceive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]
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1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 244 Why art thou so..cautelous me for to ludyfye?
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 276 And þat no successyoun shuld her ludyfye Of werdly prosperyte.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Ludifie, to deceiue.
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