de|ceive

de|ceive
de|ceive «dih SEEV», verb, -ceived, -ceiv|ing.
–v.t.
1. to make (a person) believe as true something that is false; mislead: »

The magician deceived his audience into thinking he had really sawed the woman in half. The boy tried to deceive his mother, but she knew what he had done.

 SYNONYM(S): delude, fool, trick, beguile, dupe. See syn. under cheat. (Cf. ↑cheat)
2. Obsolete. to while away (time).
–v.i.
to lie; use deceit; act deceitfully: »

Ah, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! (Scott).

╂[< Old French deceveir < Latin dēcipere ensnare, catch < dē- away + capere take]

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