Question: What is a verb for *illusion*? I want to use it in a sentence like the following:

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> The optical effect [illudes] my perception of its real shape.
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But **illude** does not exist. But I cannot find *illude* in my Dictionary (OS X Dictionary.app). I want to find a verb that is somewhere between *deceive* and *confuse*.

Answer: 
**mes·mer·ize** (mzm-rz, ms-)

tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es

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> 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" (Justin Kaplan).
> 2. To hypnotize.
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Perhaps too extreme, but *perverts* might work. Or better maybe, *subverts*.