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deceiver

[ dih-see-ver ]

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noun

one who misleads another or others by a false appearance or statement, especially one who does so habitually:
Far from being a historian, he is a deceiver who invents, manipulates, and modifies documents.
Often Deceiver. the devil; Satan:
My orders as a bishop are to execute the holy rites for demonic exorcism; I do not plan to leave these good sisters at the mercy of the Deceiver.

First recorded in 1350–1400; deceiv(e) ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

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