deceive

English

Alternative forms

• deceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːv/
• Hyphenation: de‧ceive

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.

   It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     I know—for Death, who comes for me
     From regions of the blest afar,
     Where there is nothing to deceive,
     Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceive

Derived terms

• deceivability
• deceivable
• deceivance
• deceiver
• deceivingly
• deceivous
• flatter to deceive
• redeceive
• self-deceive
• undeceive
• what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

Related terms

• deception
• deceptive
• deceit

Translations

trick or mislead — see also mislead,‎ gaslight

• Albanian: këndis, mashtroj (sq)
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: алда- (alda-)

• Arabic: خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa), غَشَّ (ar) (ḡašša), غَرَّ (ḡarra)

  Egyptian Arabic: غَشّ (ḡašš)

• Armenian: խաբել (hy) (xabel), մոլորեցնել (hy) (molorecʻnel)
• Azerbaijani: aldatmaq (az)
• Belarusian: падма́нваць impf (padmánvacʹ), падману́ць pf (padmanúcʹ)
• Breton: touellañ (br), doganiñ (br)
• Bulgarian: ма́мя (bg) impf (mámja), изма́мвам (bg) impf (izmámvam)
• Burmese: ဖြားယောင်း (my) (hpra:yaung:)
• Catalan: enganyar (ca), decebre (ca)
• Cebuano: limbong
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欺騙 / 欺骗 (zh) (qīpiàn), 欺詐 / 欺诈 (zh) (qīzhà)

• Comorian:

  Maore Comorian: uɗanganya

  Ngazidja Comorian: uhaɗaya

• Czech: klamat (cs), oklamat (cs) pf
• Danish: bedrage
• Dutch: misleiden (nl), bedriegen (nl)
• Esperanto: trompi
• Estonian: petma, tüssama
• Finnish: huijata (fi), pettää (fi), johtaa harhaan
• French: tromper (fr), leurrer (fr), séduire (fr)
• Galician: enganar (gl), embelecar
• Gallurese: ruigní
• Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba)
• German: betrügen (de), täuschen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn), 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (uslutōn)
• Greek: εξαπατώ (el) (exapató)

  Ancient Greek: ἀπατάω (apatáō), δολιόω (dolióō), ἀπαφίσκω (apaphískō) (Epic)

• Hebrew: רִמָּה (he) (rimmá), הוֹנָה (he) (honá)
• Hindi: धोखा देना (dhokhā denā)
• Hungarian: becsap (hu), megtéveszt (hu), (colloquial) átver (hu)
• Icelandic: blekkja (is)
• Ido: trompar (io)
• Italian: ingannare (it)
• Japanese: 騙す (ja) (だます, damasu), 欺く (ja) (あざむく, azamuku)
• Kabuverdianu: enbaladu
• Kapampangan: pirayit
• Kazakh: алдау (aldau)
• Khmer: កំភូត (km) (kɑmphuut), ក្បត់ (km) (kbɑt), ឆ (km) (chɑɑ), បង្វែង (km) (bɑngvaeng), បញ្ឆោត (km) (bɑñchaot), បំពោត (km) (bɑmpoot)
• Korean: 속이다 (ko) (sogida)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xapandin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: алдоо (ky) (aldoo)
• Lao: ຫລອກລວງ (lǭk lūang)
• Latin: mentior (la), decipiō (la), fallō, calvor
• Latvian: apmānīt, maldināt
• Ligurian: illüde
• Lithuanian: klaidinti, vilti (lt)
• Luganda: okulimba, okuwayiriza
• Macedonian: измамува impf (izmamuva), измами pf (izmami)
• Māori: tuapeka, nuka, tinihanga, mākoi, kōpeka
• Middle English: deceyven
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: залилах (mn) (zalilax)

  Mongolian script: ᠵᠠᠯᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (ǰalilaqu)

• Nepali: छक्याउनु (chakyāunu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bedra (no)

• Old English: beswīcan
• Oromo: gowoomsuu
• Pennsylvania German: aabasse
• Persian: فریب دادن (fa) (farib dâdan), فریفتن (fa) (fariftan) (bookish)
• Polish: oszukiwać (pl) impf, oszukać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: enganar (pt)
• Romanian: înșela (ro), amăgi (ro)
• Romansch: trumpar
• Russian: обма́нывать (ru) impf (obmányvatʹ), обману́ть (ru) pf (obmanútʹ)
• Sanskrit: गर्धयते (gardhayate)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: ingiriai

  Logudorese: inghiriare, trampàre

• Sassarese: inturrià
• Scottish Gaelic: meall
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: nasamarívati (sh) impf, nasamáriti (sh) pf

• Slovak: klamať impf, oklamať pf
• Slovene: goljufati impf, ogoljufati pf
• Spanish: engañar (es), decebir (es) (disused), meter la yuca, meter el dedo, embaír (es), descrestar (es), entucar (with promises, Ecuador), engrupir (es), engatar (es) (with flattery), casquear, paquear (es)
• Swedish: bedra (sv), lura (sv)
• Tagalog: lokohin, linlangin, dayain
• Tajik: фиреб додан (fireb dodan), фирефтан (fireftan)
• Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ta) (ēmāṟṟu)
• Telugu: దగాచేయు (dagācēyu), మోసగించు (te) (mōsagiñcu)
• Thai: หลอก (th) (lɔ̀ɔk), โกง (th) (goong), หลอกลวง (th) (lɔ̀ɔk-luuang)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kandırmak (tr), ayartmak (tr), aldatmak (tr), üçkağıda getirmek (informal)
• Turkmen: aldamak (tk)
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: обма́нювати impf (obmánjuvaty), обману́ти pf (obmanúty)
• Urdu: دھوکہ دینا (dhokhā denā)
• Uyghur: ئالدىماق (aldimaq)
• Uzbek: aldamoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: lừa (vi), lừa bịp (vi), bịp (vi), lừa dối (vi)
• Zazaki: xapeynen

Further reading

• “deceive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “deceive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Middle English

Verb

deceive

1. alternative form of deceyven