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deceive
verb
-
deceive
,
deceiving
,
deceives
,
deceived
to
make
someone
believe
something
false
or
not
true
,
typically
in
order
to
gain
some
personal
benefit
.
•
The
con
artist
deceived
the
old
woman
into
giving
him
her
money
.
The
con
artist
deceived
the
old
woman
into
giving
him
her
money
.
•
She
deceived
her
friends
by
pretending
to
be
sick
.
She
deceived
her
friends
by
pretending
to
be
sick
.
From
Middle
English
deceyven
,
deceivien
(“
to
deceive
”),
borrowed
from
Old
French
decevre
,
from
Latin
dēcipere
,
present
active
infinitive
of
dēcipiō
(“
to
ensnare
,
trap
,
beguile
,
deceive
”),
from
de-
+
capiō
(“
to
catch
,
take
”).
