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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              To see the life as lively mocked as ever
              Still sleep mocked death.             --Shak.
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              Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak.
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     2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
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              Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings
                                                    xviii. 27.
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              Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray.
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     3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
        to mock expectation.
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              Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi.
                                                    13.
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              He will not . . .
              Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
                                                    --Milton.
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     Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
          See {Deride}.
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