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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Hoax :: Hoax (v. t.) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively..
Cog :: Cog (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
Deceiver :: Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
Cozen :: Cozen (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Gab :: Gab (v. i.) To deceive; to lie.
Bamboozler :: Bamboozler (n.) A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Lie :: Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
Frailty :: Frailty (a.) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced..
Cozen :: Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way..
Fiction :: Fiction (n.) That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality..
Hocus :: Hocus (v. t.) To deceive or cheat.
Fool :: Fool (v. t.) To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money..
Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
Elusory :: Elusory (a.) Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
Mump :: Mump (v. i.) To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Flunky :: Flunky (n.) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.
False :: False (superl.) Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement..
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