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Deceive Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Deceive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be false to; be dishonest with

"She decided not to deceive her friend about the truth, even though it was painful."

2

cause someone to believe an untruth

"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

3

To trick or mislead.

"The magician managed to deceive the audience by making his assistant disappear behind a curtain."

Related Terms
Antonyms
undeceive
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
victimize misinform
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
betray cheat shill flim-flam fool cheat on hoax ensnare humbug pose bamboozle gull
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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