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To fool, keep hidden, lie

DECEIVE.  (i before e except after c....)

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA: /d??si?v/Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

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

To trick or mislead.  [quotations ?]

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:deceive

Related terms

deceptiondeceptivedeceit

Translations

[show ?]trick or mislead

External links

deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913deceive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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