KJV Dictionary Definition: mock

mock

MOCK, v.t.

1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.

2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.

As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2. Mark 10.

3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judg.16.

4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.

He will not

Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.

MOCK, v.i. To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job.11.

MOCK, n. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

Fools make a mock at sin. Prov.14.

What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?

1. Imitation; mimicry. Little used.

MOCK, a. False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

That superior greatness and mock majesty--

mocked

MOCK'ED, pp. Imitated or mimicked in derision; laughed at; ridiculed; defeated; illuded.

mocking

MOCK'ING, ppr. Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and scorn; defeating; deluding.

MOCK'ING, n. Derision; insult.

mockingly

MOCK'INGLY, adv. By way of derision; in contempt.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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