deceive
pronunciation
How to pronounce deceive in British English:
UK [dɪˈsiːv]
How to pronounce deceive in American English:
US [dɪˈsiːv]
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- Verb:
- be false to; be dishonest with
- cause someone to believe an untruth
Word Origin
- deceive
- deceive: [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 and a wide range of related words). It passed into English via Old French deceivre and decevoir. English has two noun derivatives of deceive: deceit [13] comes ultimately from the past participle of Old French decevoir, while deception [14] comes from dēcept-, the past participial stem of Latin dēcipere.=> capable, capture, conceive, deceit, receive
- deceive (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French decevoir "to deceive" (12c., Modern French décevoir), from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.
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Example
- 1. Many people routinely deceive themselves to rationalize dishonest behavior .
- 2. The animals are trying their utmost to fool predators but that 's not enough to deceive international photographer art wolfe
- 3. Doth my eyes deceive me ?
- 4. You hope thereby to deceive me , to make it seem as though the cost always falls upon you alone , and that there is nothing to conceal .
- 5. Li zhaojie did not want to deceive , through a friend recommended him , he is a time to tanneries , shoe factories to the teachers ask .