DELUSION

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MENTION

former, by the force of the preposition | to such matters as act upon the imagicom, is to drive to any particular action nation; but delude, by the force of the or for a given purpose; but the latter, preposition de, signifies to carry away from the preposition im or in, into, is to from the right line, to cause to deviate force into action generally. A person, into error; while illude, from the prepotherefore, is compelled by outward cir- sition il, im, in or upon, signifies simply cumstances, but he is impelled from with- to act on the imagination. The former in: he is compelled by another to go far is therefore taken in a bad sense, but ther than he wished, he is impelled by the latter in an indifferent sense. A decuriosity to go farther than he intended. ranged person falls into different kinds CONSTRAIN and RESTRAIN are both of delusions: as when he fancies himself from stringo, to bind or oblige. The for- poor while he is very rich, or that every mer, by force of the con or com, to force one who comes in his way is looking at in a particular manner, or for a particu- him, or having evil designs against him, lar purpose; the latter by the re, back and the like; but there may be optical or again, is to keep back from anything. illusions, when an object is made to apTo constrain, like to compel, is to force to pear brighter or larger than it really is. act; to restrain to prevent from acting. Constrain and compel differ only in the degree of force used, constrain signifying a less degree of force than compel. A person who is compelled has no choice whatever left to him; but when he is only constrained, he may do it or not at discretion.

Constraint is put on the actions or movements of the body only, restraint on the movements of both body and mind: a person who is in a state of constraint shows his want of freedom in the awk

wardness of his movements; he who is in a state of restraint may be unable to move at all. Constraint arises from that which is inherent in the person, restraint is imposed upon him (v. CONSTRAINT, P. 255).

DELUSION, ILLUSION (vide also p. 419).

BOTH these words, being derived from the Latin ludo (v. To deceive), are applied

True wisdom, finds her not, or by delusion
Far worse, her false resemblance only meets.

Who therefore seeks in these

While the fond soul,
Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss,

Still paints the illusive form.

YOUNG.

THOMSON.

TO MENTION, NOTICE. MENTION, from mens, mind, signifies here to bring to mind. NOTICE (v. To mark). These terms are synonymous only inasmuch as they imply the act of calling things to another person's mind. We mention a thing in direct terms: we notice it indirectly, or in a casual manner; we mention that which may serve as information; we notice that which may be merely of a personal or incidental nat

ure. One friend mentions to another what has passed at a particular meeting: in the course of conversation he notices or calls to the notice of his companion the badness of the road, the wideness of the street, or the like.

The great critic I have before mentioned, though a heathen, has taken notice of the subline manner in which the lawgiver of the Jews has described the creation.

ADDISON.