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Definition of Deceive
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Deceive
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. To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception. To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. Related Definitions:
Amuse, As, Attention, Away, Beguile, Believe, By, Cause, Cheat, Deception, Defraud, Delude, Deprive, Disappoint, Disbelieve, Divert, Error, False, Fraud, If, Impose, Insnare, Into, Is, Lead, Mislead, Or, So, Stealth, Take, The, To, True, Upon, What, While |
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Deceive Quotations
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! Walter Scott We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. Mark Twain All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince. Plato It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Deceive Translations
deceive in Danish is bedrage deceive in Dutch is misleiden, bedriegen deceive in Italian is abbindolare deceive in Latin is impono, decipio, ludo deceive in Portuguese is iluda deceive in Swedish is bedra, svika, narra |
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