MOCK

mock. Mock, v.t. to deride, mimic, tantalize, deceive

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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. 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. 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. 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.