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.
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Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. Milton.
Syn. — To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.