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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 )

And cancer, deceiver, pretender, coward; it cannot even subsist without the vibrant people it depends on.

English-speaking readers will now be able to enjoy for the first time The True Deceiver, translated by Thomas Teal.

The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson A wintry tale about two women and the search for truth.

And falling on his knees before the settle he began to pour forth the most dreadful curses on the head of his deceiver.

A lovely girl was once drugged by her deceiver and left to bear her shame alone.

According to these words Ezekiel was either an out-and-out deceiver, a wicked man, or, he was a clairvoyant.

Falling into the pose with consummate art of the practiced deceiver, she really made an attractive study.

O Lovelace, thou art surely nearly allied to the grand deceiver, in thy endeavour to suit temptations to inclinations?

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