deceive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English deceyven < From Old French deceivre (Modern French décevoir) < Latin decipere (“‘to deceive, beguile, entrap’”) < de- (“‘from’”) + capere (“‘to seize’”); see captive. Cf. conceive, perceive, receive.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈsi:v/

  Rhymes: -iːv

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to deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

1. To trick or mislead.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:deceive

[edit] Related terms

• deception
• deceptive
• deceit

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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