deceiving (verb)

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• deceive — [c]/dəˈsiv / (say duh seev) verb (deceived, deceiving) –verb (t) 1. to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude. 2. to be unfaithful to; commit adultery against. 3. Obsolete to beguile or while away (time, etc.). –verb (i) 4. to… …  

• deceive — verb (deceived; deceiving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French deceivre, from Latin decipere, from de + capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. archaic ensnare 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deceive — verb (T) 1 to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want: You deceived me, and I can t forgive you. | deceive sb into doing sth: They deceived the old man into signing the papers. 2 deceive yourself to pretend… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• contrive — verb (T) 1 to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly or by deceiving people: He managed to contrive a meeting between Janet and her ex boyfriend. 2 formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• diddle — verb (T) diddle sb (out of sth) informal to get money from someone by deceiving them: They ll diddle you out of your last penny if you give them the chance …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• entrap — verb (T) formal to trap someone, especially by tricking or deceiving them: cunning and devious questions intended to entrap her …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• manipulate — verb (T) 1 to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving them or influencing them: I don t like the way she manipulates people. | It was a shameless attempt to manipulate public opinion 2 to work skilfully… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cheat — verb To deceive and defraud. It necessarily implies a fraudulent intent. The words cheat and defraud usually mean to induce a person to part with the possession of property by reason of intentionally false representations relied and acted upon by …   Black's law dictionary

• cheat — verb To deceive and defraud. It necessarily implies a fraudulent intent. The words cheat and defraud usually mean to induce a person to part with the possession of property by reason of intentionally false representations relied and acted upon by …   Black's law dictionary

• double — 1 / dVbFl/ adjective 1 OF TWO PARTS consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same: You can t park on double yellow lines. 2 double l/s/9 etc BrE spoken used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number, to show that a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Glossary of contract bridge terms — These terms are used in Contract bridge[1][2] , or the earlier game Auction bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in Whist, Bid whist, and other trick taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card… …   Wikipedia