Definition of deceive

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Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception..

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Fatally :: Fatally (adv.) In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded..
Bubbler :: Bubbler (v. t.) To cheat; to deceive.
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
Trust :: Trust (n.) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us..
Mislight :: Mislight (v. t.) To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
Mislead :: Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
Invention :: Invention (n.) A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
Deception :: Deception (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
Dupe :: Dupe (n.) To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery..
Device :: Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice..
Fallacious :: Fallacious (a.) Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning..
Flunky :: Flunky (n.) One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber.
Equivocate :: Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Deceived :: Deceived (imp. & p. p.) of Deceiv.
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation..
Cog :: Cog (v. i.) To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
Dorr :: Dorr (v. t.) To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t..
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