Deceive
[dɪ'siːv] or [dɪ'siv]
Definition
(verb.) cause someone to believe an untruth; 'The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house'.
(verb.) be false to; be dishonest with.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.
(v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Checker: Tanya
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes.
Typist: Sophie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trick, cheat, beguile, delude, gull, dupe, take_in, over_reach, mislead,betray, ensnare, entrap, circumvent
ANT:Enlighten, advise, illumine, guide, disabuse, undeceive, deliver
Typed by Jerry
Definition
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.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- Mr. Jarndyce took great pains to talk with him seriously and to put it to his good sense not to deceive himself in so important a matter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I can only suppose now, that it was a part of his policy, as a very clever man, habitually to deceive his own instruments. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let it deceive them, then, a little longer; it cannot deceive them too much. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Don't deceive yourself, my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not to deceive myself, I must reply--No: I felt desolate to a degree. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Believe her to be deceived, by all means. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- And, continued Joe Scott, Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It was not my original intention to deceive, as I have deceived you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You deceived me--not by words, but by appearances, which are less seen through than words. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Dear Mr. Jingle was not deceiving me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And yet Ursula knew she was only deceiving herself, and that he would proceed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- All your attentions to the niece--rather rude, than otherwise, to the aunt--only way of deceiving the old ones. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She received my concurrence with pleasure, and a thousand times over thanked her deceiving, deceitful brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Was he not deceiving himself? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But we must remember that she is but nineteen as yet, unused to the art of deceiving, poor innocent creature! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Then is God perfectly simple and true both in word and deed; he changes not; he deceives not, either by sign or word, by dream or waking vision. Plato. The Republic.
- It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- No, I won't tell him; besides, it an't true; Missis never deceives us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But unconscious casuistry deceives us all. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- God then is true, he is absolutely true; he changes not, he deceives not, by day or night, by word or sign. Plato. The Republic.
- But Mr. Jorkins has a way of stating his objections which often deceives people. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checker: Wendy