- DECEIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
deceive, mislead, delude, beguile mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness
- DECEIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DECEIVE definition: 1 to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone… Learn more
- DECEIVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
What does deceive mean? Deceive means to lie, mislead, or otherwise hide or distort the truth The act or practice of deceiving can be called deceit or deception
- DECEIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true I am really hurt that he deceived me
- Deceive - definition of deceive by The Free Dictionary
Deceive, the most general, stresses the deliberate misrepresentation of what one knows to be true: "We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us" (Samuel Johnson)
- deceive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived) (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
- Deceive - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
To deceive means to trick or lie A crafty kid might deceive his mother into thinking he has a fever by holding the thermometer to a light bulb to increase the temperature
- deceive - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
de•ceive dɪˈsiv v , -ceived, -ceiv•ing to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: [~ + object] I never thought she would deceive me [ ~ + obj + into + verb-ing]: They deceived her into thinking she would be promoted de•ceiv•er, n [countable] de•ceiv•ing•ly, adv See -ceive-
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