Definitions for deceive
dɪˈsivde·ceive

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. deceive, lead on, delude, cozen(verb)

   be false to; be dishonest with

2. 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(1.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Deceive(verb)

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

3. Deceive(verb)

   to deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of deceive in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of deceive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of deceive in a Sentence

1. Rachel Dolezal:

   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.

2. Albert Camus:

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

3. Kevin Haley:

   We of course do not want to block customers from running legitimate programs on their computers [ but ] it can be difficult to separate incompetent from attempts to deceive, it’s not untypical for these programs to find [ many ] ‘ errors ’ or ‘ issues ’ that are actually quite trivial.

4. Plato:

   To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

5. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi:

   Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.

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