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deceive (verb)

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  • deceive — ► VERB 1) deliberately mislead into believing something false. 2) (of a thing) give a mistaken impression. DERIVATIVES deceiver noun. ORIGIN Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ensnare, cheat …   English terms dictionary

  • deceive — de‧ceive [dɪˈsiːv] verb [transitive] to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want: • Postal officials have long deceived the public on how slow mail delivery really is. deceive somebody into something •… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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 ADVERB ▪ easily ▪ Human nature is such that we easily deceive ourselves. ▪ deliberately VERB + DECEIVE ▪ attempt to, try to …   Collocations dictionary

  • deceive — de·ceive vb de·ceived, de·ceiv·ing vt: to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi: to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law 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

  • deceive — verb /dɪˈsiːv/ To trick or mislead. See Also: deception, deceptive, deceit …   Wiktionary

  • deceive — verb deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true. ↘(of a thing) give a mistaken impression to: the area may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don t be deceived. Derivatives deceivable adjective deceiver noun Origin ME …   English new terms dictionary

  • deceive — verb 1) she was deceived by a con man Syn: swindle, defraud, cheat, trick, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool, outwit, lead on, inveigle, beguile, double cross, gull; informal con …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • deceive — verb Syn: trick, cheat, defraud, swindle, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool; informal con, pull the wool over someone s eyes; N.Amer.; informal sucker, goldbrick; Austral.; informal rort …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • deceive — [[t]dɪsi͟ːv[/t]] deceives, deceiving, deceived 1) VERB If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself. [V n] He has deceived and disillusioned us all... [V n into ing] …   English dictionary

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