What does deceive mean?
Definitions for deceive
dɪˈsivde·ceive
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word deceive.
Princeton's WordNet
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen(verb)
be false to; be dishonest with
deceive, betray, lead astray(verb)
cause someone to believe an untruth
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
Wiktionary
deceive(Verb)
To trick or mislead.
Etymology: deceyven, from deceivre (Modern French décevoir), from decipere, from de- + capere; see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive.
Webster Dictionary
Deceive(verb)
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
Deceive(verb)
to beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception
Deceive(verb)
to deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Deceive
de-sēv′, v.t. to mislead or cause to err: to cheat: to disappoint.—adj. Deceiv′able, that may be deceived: exposed to imposture.—n. Deceiv′ableness.—adj. Deceiv′ably.—n. Deceiv′er. [Fr. décevoir—L. decipĕre, deceptum—de, from capĕre, to take, catch.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deceive in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deceive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of deceive in a Sentence
Don’t deceive yourself with you age, it is just a number.
It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying, i could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don't know. I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody.
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
It's very important that these countries have important visibility into the different ways the Iranian regime uses to deceive the international community in connection with shipment of oil.
Women naturally deceive, weep and spin.
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- خدعArabic
- мамя, измамвамBulgarian
- decebreCatalan, Valencian
- klamat, oklamatCzech
- betrügen, täuschenGerman
- εξαπατώGreek
- trompiEsperanto
- burlar, engañarSpanish
- pettää, johtaa harhaan, huijataFinnish
- tromper, leurrerFrench
- meallScottish Gaelic
- לרמותHebrew
- átver, megtéveszt, becsapHungarian
- խաբել, մոլորեցնելArmenian
- ingannareItalian
- להטעותHebrew
- 騙す, 欺くJapanese
- decipio, mentiorLatin
- klaidintiLithuanian
- apmānīt, maldinātLatvian
- bedriegen, misleidenDutch
- enganarPortuguese
- înșela, amăgiRomanian
- обманывать, обманутьRussian
- nasamáriti, nasamarívatiSerbo-Croatian
- bedraSwedish
- دھوکہ دیناUrdu
- lừa dốiVietnamese
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