Definitions for deceive

deceive de·ceive

Spelling: [dih-seev]
IPA: /dɪˈsiv/

Deceive is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in deceive (cdeeeiv).

Definitions for deceive

verb (used with object)

  1. to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude:
  2. to be unfaithful to (one's spouse or lover).
  3. Archaic. to while away (time).

verb (used without object)

  1. to mislead or falsely persuade others; practice deceit:

Origin of deceive

1250-1300; Middle English deceiven Old French deceivre Latin dēcipere, literally, to ensnare, equivalent to dē- de- + -cipere, combining form of capere to take

Examples for deceive

If you deceive your children about Santa, you may give them a more thrilling experience of Christmas.

She tries to deceive Caesar as to her wealth, and is shamed by her treasurer Seleucus.

When we meet thus, when we do honor to the dead in terms that must sometimes embrace the living, we do not deceive ourselves.

Then again … as I said, for a forgery to deceive at all, it has to preserve a great many features of a genuine object.

He's polite and amusing, inventing comic voices to deceive friends.

I have more than once tried to deceive you, but you will feel that I am not now speaking falsely.

But even in early manhood he never sought to deceive himself.

What: Your eyes do not deceive you: Fishman is looking into more than one thing.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

At the last push of fate Shakespeare will pose and deceive himself.

Word Value for deceive
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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