Deceive

English[]

Etymology[]

< Middle English deceyven < From Old French deceivre (Modern French décevoir) < Latin decipere (“‘to deceive, beguile, entrap’”) < de- (“‘from’”) + capere (“‘to seize’”); see captive. Cf. conceive, perceive, receive.

Pronunciation[]

IPA: /dɪˈsi:v/
Rhymes: -iːv

Verb[]

Infinitive
to Deceive

Third person singular
deceiv

Simple past

Past participle
ing

Present participle
es

to Deceive (third-person singular simple present deceiv, present participle es, simple past , past participle ing)

To trick or mislead.

Synonyms[]

See also Wikisaurus:deceive

Related terms[]

Translations[]

trick or mislead

Arabic: خدع ar(ar) (khada`a)
Armenian: խաբել hy(hy) (xabel), մոլորեցնել hy(hy) (molorec'nel)
Bulgarian: мамя bg(bg), измамвам bg(bg)
CJKV Characters: 迋
Czech: klamat cs(cs)
Dutch: misleiden nl(nl), bedriegen nl(nl)
Esperanto: trompi eo(eo)
Finnish: huijata fi(fi), pettää fi(fi)
French: tromper fr(fr), leurrer fr(fr)
German: betrügen de(de), täuschen de(de)
Greek: εξαπατώ el(el) (exapató)
Hebrew: לרמות (leramot)

Hungarian: átver, becsap hu(hu), megtéveszt hu(hu)
Italian: ingannare it(it)
Japanese: 騙す (damasu), 欺く (azamuku)
Latin: mentiri la(la)
Lithuanian: klaidinti
Portuguese: enganar pt(pt)
Romanian: înşela ro(ro), amăgi ro(ro)
Russian: обманывать ru(ru) (obmanyvat')
Scottish Gaelic: meall
Spanish: burlar es(es), engañar es(es)
Swedish: bedra sv(sv)
Urdu: دھوکہ دینا

External links[]

Deceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Deceive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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