Definition of deceive

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Deceive (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..

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Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat..
Trickster :: Trickster (n.) One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Dorr :: Dorr (v. t.) To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t..
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people..
Hoax :: Hoax (v. t.) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively..
Guile :: Guile (n.) To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.
Bejape :: Bejape (v. t.) To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.
Crossbite :: Crossbite (b. t.) To deceive; to trick; to gull.
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Fatally :: Fatally (adv.) In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause..
Oversee :: Oversee (v. i.) To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A person deceived by an empty project; a gull.
Deceptively :: Deceptively (adv.) In a manner to deceive.
Deceivableness :: Deceivableness (n.) Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child..
Disguise :: Disguise (v. t.) To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive..
Deceivable :: Deceivable (a.) Fitted to deceive; deceitful.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception..
Guller :: Guller (n.) One who gulls; a deceiver.
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