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mocked |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mocked}; p. pr & vb n. {Mocking}.] [F. moquer of uncertain origin; cf OD mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them and said Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. 3. To disappoint the hopes of to deceive; to tantalize; as to mock expectation. Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence --Milton. Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See {Deride}.
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