deceive

Definition of deceive in English English dictionary: To trick or mislead; to mislead by or as by falsehood; {f} cheat, mislead; {v} to mislead, mock, cheat, impose on; If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself. He has deceived and disillusioned us all If you can make the last 10 seconds exciting, you can deceive your audience into thinking it's been like that all along; To evade the opponent; To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud; Avoiding blade to blade contact with the opponents weapon as they attempt to parry, engage or attack your blade; deceive; cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; To avoid blade contact; vt memperdayakan (daya); To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception; If you deceive yourself, you do not admit to yourself something that you know is true. Alcoholics are notorious for their ability to deceive themselves about the extent of their problem; be false to; be dishonest with; To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare; cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" be false to; be dishonest with; If something deceives you, it gives you a wrong impression and makes you believe something that is not true. His gentle, kindly appearance did not deceive me = mislead; (deyim) feed someone a line
He was feeding me a line about his plans to open a new restaurant downtown.; hoodwink
deceived: {a} mistaken, cheated, imposed on
deceiver: {n} one who deceives, an impostor, a cheat
to deceive: {v} jilt
To deceive: dorr
To deceive: euchre
deceiv: third-person singular of deceive
deceived: past of deceive
deceiver: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
deceiver: One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor
deceiver: {i} swindler, cheat; hypocrite, liar
deceiver: A person who lies or deceives
deceives: third-person singular of deceive
deceiving: present participle of deceive
deceivingly: misleadingly, in a beguiling manner
deceivingly: In a deceiving manner
to deceive: spoof

deceive

Hyphenation

de·ceive

Turkish pronunciation

dîsiv

Synonyms

bamboozle, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud

Antonyms

be honest

Pronunciation

/dəˈsēv/ /dɪˈsiːv/

Etymology

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