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to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to deceive someone.
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DECEIVING meaning: 1. present participle of deceive 2. to...
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to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. deceive someone into doing somethingThe sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick.
The meaning of DECEIVE is to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid. How to use deceive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deceive.
to persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool: Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts. If you deceive yourself, you pretend something is true: We should not deceive ourselves into thinking this will be the end of it.
1. to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies. 2. (Psychology) to delude (oneself) 3. to be unfaithful to (one's sexual partner) 4. archaic to disappoint: his hopes were deceived. [C13: from Old French deceivre, from Latin dēcipere to ensnare, cheat, from capere to take]
deceive. 4 meanings: 1. to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies 2. to delude (oneself) 3. to be unfaithful to (one's sexual.... Click for more definitions.
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 is the trickier cousin of lie. You might lie about why you were late to school.
