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Meanings of deceive in English

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Be false to; be dishonest with.

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        Cause someone to believe an untruth.

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            To cause someone to believe an untruth; to practice trickery or fraud.

                  Usage of deceive in English
                  1
                  I could not deceive her; she had seen it in my eye.
                  The Mayor's Wife
                  2
                  But it was in vain; she could not deceive her rising jealousy.
                  The Fortune Hunter
                  3
                  You cannot deceive me; I have seen the world and know it.
                  A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
                  4
                  Mr Quigley told parliament Mr Palmer had tried to deceive the public.
                  News.com.au
                  5
                  The audience is taken by the hand and led to deceive themselves.
                  Hiding the Elephant
                  6
                  They could think and deceive and use their voices to mimic others.
                  No mercy
                  7
                  In spite of this miracle, the priests sought to deceive the people.
                  The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
                  8
                  The blacks frequently deceive the dogs by crossing and recrossing the creeks.
                  The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
                  9
                  Facebook and its click maximizer reconfigured society without apparent intent to deceive.
                  Wired
                  10
                  And in this manner did they oftentimes deceive the servant of God.
                  The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick / Including the Life by ...
                  11
                  HIPPIAS: Wise, certainly; at least, in so far as they can deceive.
                  Lesser Hippias
                  12
                  I can easily deceive people into making them think I'm in control.
                  The devil's closet
                  13
                  I meditate the ruin of a man; I can deceive a friend.
                  Cinq Mars — Volume 5
                  14
                  That though men deceive themselves in generalities, in particulars they judge truly
                  Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
                  15
                  I know you would not wish to deceive him in the least.
                  Elsie's Girlhood / A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Hol...
                  16
                  The separation of human beings that deceive themselves is nothing in comparison.
                  The Inferno
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                  Deceive through the time
                  Deceive across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
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                  United States of America
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                  Ireland
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