Definition: mocked

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

            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.

            He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then
            snatch him hence.                     --Milton.

   Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
        See Deride.