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deceive

de·ceive [ di sv ] (past and past participle de·ceived, present participle de·ceiv·ing, 3rd person present singular de·ceives)

verb

Definition:

1. transitive verb intentionally trick or mislead somebody: to mislead or deliberately hide the truth from somebody

2. de·ceive your·self vr fool yourself: to convince yourself of something that is not true

3. transitive verb be sexually unfaithful to somebody: to be sexually unfaithful to a spouse or sexual partner

[13th century. Via Old French deceveir< Latin decipere "ensnare, take in" < capere "take, seize"]

de·ceiv·a·ble [ di svəb'l ] adjective

de·ceiv·er noun

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