deceive

[De*ceiveĀ·]

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.

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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.

Verb
cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

Verb
be false to; be dishonest with


v. t.
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.

v. t.
To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

v. t.
To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.


Deceive

De*ceive" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deceived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceiving.] [OE. deceveir, F. d'82cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, Deception.] 1. 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.
Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye.
What can 'scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart?
2. To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.
These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour.
3. To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. [Obs.]
Plant fruit trees in large borders, and set therein fine flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they deceive the trees.
Syn. -- Deceive, Delude, Mislead. Deceive is a general word applicable to any kind of misrepresentation affecting faith or life. To delude, primarily, is to make sport of, by deceiving, and is accomplished by playing upon one's imagination or credulity, as by exciting false hopes, causing him to undertake or expect what is impracticable, and making his failure ridiculous. It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder. But it is often used reflexively, indicating that a person's own weakness has made him the sport of others or of fortune; as, he deluded himself with a belief that luck would always favor him. To mislead is to lead, guide, or direct in a wrong way, either willfully or ignorantly.

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.

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Usage Examples

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

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Other Usage Examples

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Nature never deceives us it is we who deceive ourselves.

Let us not deceive ourselves we must elect world peace or world destruction.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

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