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deceive
[ dih-seev ]
verb (used with object)
- to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude:
They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
Synonyms: betray, ensnare, entrap, outwit, defraud, trick, hoodwink, gull, fool, dupe, cozen
- to be unfaithful to (one's spouse or lover).
- Archaic. to while away (time).
verb (used without object)
- to mislead or falsely persuade others; practice deceit:
an engaging manner that easily deceives.
deceive
/ dɪˈsiːv /
verb
- to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies
- to delude (oneself)
- to be unfaithful to (one's sexual partner)
- archaic.to disappoint
his hopes were deceived
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Derived Forms
- deˈceivingly, adverb
- deˈceiver, noun
- deˈceiving, nounadjective
- deˈceivableness, noun
- deˈceivable, adjective
- deˈceivably, adverb
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Other Words From
- de·ceiv·a·ble·ness de·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty [dih-see-v, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- de·ceiv·a·bly adverb
- de·ceiv·er noun
- de·ceiv·ing·ly adverb
- in·ter·de·ceive verb interdeceived interdeceiving
- non·de·ceiv·ing adjective
- pre·de·ceive verb (used with object) predeceived predeceiving
- re·de·ceive verb (used with object) redeceived redeceiving
- well-de·ceived adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deceive1
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Example Sentences
He's polite and amusing, inventing comic voices to deceive friends.
What: Your eyes do not deceive you: Fishman is looking into more than one thing.
When we meet thus, when we do honor to the dead in terms that must sometimes embrace the living, we do not deceive ourselves.
If you deceive your children about Santa, you may give them a more thrilling experience of Christmas.
Then again … as I said, for a forgery to deceive at all, it has to preserve a great many features of a genuine object.
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
There, if his eyes did not deceive him, were evidences of mortar dislodged by nefarious toes.
It was not possible to deceive himself an instant longer, for the naked truth lay staring into his eyes.
O my people, they that call thee blessed, the same deceive thee, and destroy the way of thy steps.
Only I fear they will not profit us much; for if my eyes deceive me not, both are already captured.
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