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deceiving

[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.

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.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English deceiven < Old French deceivre < Latin dēcipere, literally, to ensnare, equivalent to dē- de- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take

Related forms

de·ceiv·a·ble·ness, de·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, noun

de·ceiv·a·bly, adverb

de·ceiv·er, noun

de·ceiv·ing·ly, adverb

in·ter·de·ceive, verb, -ceived, -ceiv·ing.

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non·de·ceiv·ing, adjective

pre·de·ceive, verb (used with object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing.

pre·de·ceiv·er, noun

re·de·ceive, verb (used with object), -ceived, -ceiv·ing.

well-de·ceived, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. cozen, dupe, fool, gull, hoodwink, trick, defraud, outwit, entrap, ensnare, betray. See cheat.

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Example Sentences

It is hilly country, and you hear the notes of the different birds echoing and deceiving you.

Charming someone, for an instance, is not ipso fact lying to him or deceiving her.

Particularly intelligent people can be especially good at deceiving themselves.

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It is hilly country, and you hear the notes of the different birds echoing and deceiving you.

Charming someone, for an instance, is not ipso fact lying to him or deceiving her.

Particularly intelligent people can be especially good at deceiving themselves.

But take a closer look and you realize that the façade can be deceiving.

Sometimes seeing means deceiving before believing, depending on your age.

No, neither the weather nor our calendars have been deceiving us.

So people who have to work together in a hierarchical structure end up deceiving and manipulating each other.

America's biggest tobacco companies went on trial for deceiving the public over the dangers of smoking.

My skin, which seemed so reliable, has been deceiving me my entire life.

Unfortunately, in the case of this steed, looks are deceiving.

There is a deceiving sense of timelessness to the stillness of rural life.

Understanding what someone else thinks is the necessary first step to deceiving or even controlling them.

But appearances can be deceiving in the world of military robots.

It came from deception, goldsmiths deceiving depositors about their deposits.

News photography is flourishing in the digital era, even as skeptics question whether seeing is deceiving.

Greeks were only deceiving themselves and paid the penalty with periodic defaults and devaluations.

Your article was short on facts and deceiving to say the least.

It is also deceiving and directing its population's attention with nationalistic propaganda.

Any historian who claims to approach history without any organizing/filtering theory is deceiving himself.

Bush is still deceiving you and hiding the truth from you and therefore the reasons are still there to repeat what happened.

It's funny partly because anyone who's dated knows that appearances can be deceiving.

Monthly figures early in the year, however, can be deceiving.

Because the show depended on deceiving its contestants, it is not a candidate for a sequel.

But as society chroniclers know, appearances can be deceiving.

The companies have also been accused of deceiving mothers by using nurses and other white-robed personnel to sell the formulas.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

deceive (dɪˈsiːv)

—vb
1.	to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies
2.	to delude (oneself)
3.	to be unfaithful to (one's sexual partner)
4.	archaic to disappoint: his hopes were deceived

[C13: from Old French deceivre, from Latin dēcipere to ensnare, cheat, from capere to take]

de'ceivable

—*adj*

de'ceivably

—*adv*

de'ceivableness

—n

deceiva'bility

—n

de'ceiver

—n

de'ceiving

—n, —*adj*

de'ceivingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

deceive

c.1300, from O.Fr. deceveir, from L. decipere "to ensnare, take in," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable).

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