deceive
11deceive — [[t]dɪsi͟ːv[/t]] deceives, deceiving, deceived 1) VERB If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself. [V n] He has deceived and disillusioned us all... [V n into ing] …
12deceive — de|ceive [ dı siv ] verb transitive * 1. ) to trick someone by behaving in a dishonest way: You two don t deceive me, she said. I know what you re trying to do . deceive someone into doing something: He was deceived into giving them all his money …
13deceive — verb (deceived; deceiving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French deceivre, from Latin decipere, from de + capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. archaic ensnare 2 …
14deceive — v. (D; refl., tr.) to deceive into (to deceive smb. into doing smt.) * * * [dɪ siːv] (D;refl.,tr.) to deceive into (to deceive smb. into doing smt.) …
15deceive — 01. No one was [deceived] by her obvious lies. 02. The fighter plane was able to use an electronic jamming system to [deceive] the enemy radar. 03. A strange bounce [deceived] the goalkeeper, who could only watch as the ball sailed over his head …
16deceive — [c]/dəˈsiv / (say duh seev) verb (deceived, deceiving) –verb (t) 1. to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude. 2. to be unfaithful to; commit adultery against. 3. Obsolete to beguile or while away (time, etc.). –verb (i) 4. to… …
17deceive — verb ADVERB ▪ easily ▪ Human nature is such that we easily deceive ourselves. ▪ deliberately VERB + DECEIVE ▪ attempt to, try to …
18deceive — [13] Etymologically, to deceive someone is to ‘catch’ or ‘ensnare’ them. The word comes ultimately from Latin dēcipere ‘ensnare, take in’, a compound verb formed from the pejorative prefix dē and capere ‘take, seize’ (source of English capture… …
19deceive — verb (T) 1 to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want: You deceived me, and I can t forgive you. | deceive sb into doing sth: They deceived the old man into signing the papers. 2 deceive yourself to pretend… …
20deceive — [13] Etymologically, to deceive someone is to ‘catch’ or ‘ensnare’ them. The word comes ultimately from Latin dēcipere ‘ensnare, take in’, a compound verb formed from the pejorative prefix dē and capere ‘take, seize’ (source of English capture… …
