deceive
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Middle English deceyven, from Old French deceivre (Modern French décevoir), from Latin decipere (“to deceive, beguile, entrap”), from de- (“from”) + capere (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive.
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deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)
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- See also Wikisaurus:deceive
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trick or mislead
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[edit] External links
- deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- deceive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
