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English
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Etymology
From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈsiːv/
- Hyphenation: de‧ceive
- Rhymes: -iːv
Verb
deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)
- (transitive) To trick or mislead.
1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:I know—for Death, who comes for me
From regions of the blest afar,
Where there is nothing to deceive,
Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”
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trick or mislead
- Albanian: këndis, mashtroj (sq)
- Arabic: خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa), غَشَّ (ar) (ḡašša), غَرَّ (ḡarra)
- Egyptian Arabic: غَشّ (ḡašš)
- Armenian: խաբել (hy) (xabel), մոլորեցնել (hy) (molorecʿnel)
- Azerbaijani: aldatmaq (az)
- Belarusian: падма́нваць impf (padmánvacʹ), падману́ць pf (padmanúcʹ)
- Breton: touellañ (br), doganiñ (br)
- Bulgarian: ма́мя (bg) impf (mámja), изма́мвам (bg) impf (izmámvam)
- Burmese: ဖြားယောင်း (my) (hpra:yaung:)
- Catalan: enganyar (ca), decebre (ca)
- Cebuano: limbong
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 欺騙/欺骗 (zh) (qīpiàn), 欺詐/欺诈 (zh) (qīzhà)
- Czech: klamat, oklamat (cs) pf
- Danish: bedrage
- Dutch: misleiden (nl), bedriegen (nl)
- Esperanto: trompi
- Estonian: petma, tüssama
- Finnish: huijata (fi), pettää (fi), johtaa harhaan
- French: tromper (fr), leurrer (fr), séduire (fr)
- Galician: enganar (gl), embelecar
- Gallurese: ruigní
- Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba)
- German: betrügen (de), täuschen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn), 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (uslutōn)
- Greek: εξαπατώ (el) (exapató)
- Ancient: ἀπατάω (apatáō), δολιόω (dolióō), ἀπαφίσκω (apaphískō) (Epic)
- Hebrew: לרמות (leramot)
- Hindi: धोखा देना (dhokhā denā)
- Hungarian: becsap (hu), megtéveszt (hu), (colloquial) átver (hu)
- Icelandic: blekkja (is)
- Ido: trompar (io)
- Italian: ingannare (it)
- Japanese: 騙す (ja) (だます, damasu), 欺く (ja) (あざむく, azamuku)
- Kabuverdianu: enbaladu
- Kapampangan: pirayit
- Kazakh: алдау (aldau)
- Khmer: កំភូត (km) (kɑmphuut), ក្បត់ (km) (kbɑt), ឆ (km) (chɑɑ), បង្វែង (km) (bɑngvaeng), បញ្ឆោត (km) (bɑñchaot), បំពោត (km) (bɑmpoot)
- Korean: 속이다 (ko) (sogida)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: xapandin (ku)
- Kyrgyz: алдоо (ky) (aldoo)
- Lao: ຫລອກລວງ (lǭk lūang)
- Latin: mentior (la), decipiō (la), fallō, calvor
- Latvian: apmānīt, maldināt
- Ligurian: illüde
- Lithuanian: klaidinti
- Luganda: okulimba,okuwayiriza
- Macedonian: измамува impf (izmamuva), измами pf (izmami)
- Maore Comorian: uɗanganya
- Maori: tuapeka, nuka, tinihanga, mākoi, kōpeka
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: залилах (mn) (zalilax)
- Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (ǰalilaqu)
- Nepali: छक्याउनु (chakyāunu)
- Ngazidja Comorian: uhaɗaya
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bedra (no)
- Old English: beswīcan
- Oromo: gowoomsuu
- Persian: فریب دادن (fa) (farib dâdan), فریفتن (fa) (fariftan) (bookish)
- Polish: oszukiwać (pl) impf, oszukać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: enganar (pt)
- Romanian: înșela (ro), amăgi (ro)
- Romansch: trumpar
- Russian: обма́нывать (ru) impf (obmányvatʹ), обману́ть (ru) pf (obmanútʹ)
- Sanskrit: गर्धयते (gardhayate)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: ingiriai
- Logudorese: inghiriare, trampàre
- Sassarese: inturrià
- Scottish Gaelic: meall
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: nasamarívati (sh) impf, nasamáriti (sh) pf
- Slovak: klamať impf, oklamať pf
- Slovene: goljufati impf, ogoljufati pf
- Southern Altai: алда- (alda-)
- Spanish: engañar (es), decebir (es) (obsolete)
- Swedish: bedra (sv), lura (sv)
- Tagalog: lokohin, linlangin, dayain
- Tajik: фиреб додан (fireb dodan), фирефтан (fireftan)
- Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ta) (ēmāṟṟu)
- Telugu: దగాచేయు (dagācēyu), మోసగించు (te) (mōsagiñcu)
- Thai: หลอก (th) (lɔ̀ɔk), โกง (th) (goong), หลอกลวง (th) (lɔ̀ɔk-luuang)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kandırmak (tr), ayartmak (tr), aldatmak (tr), üçkağıda getirmek (informal)
- Turkmen: aldamak (tk)
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: обма́нювати impf (obmánjuvaty), обману́ти pf (obmanúty)
- Urdu: دھوکہ دینا (dhokhā denā)
- Uyghur: ئالدىماق (aldimaq)
- Uzbek: aldamoq (uz)
- Vietnamese: lừa (vi), lừa bịp (vi), bịp (vi), lừa dối (vi)
- Zazaki: xapeynen
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Further reading
- “deceive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “deceive”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.