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decay constant
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deceive
de·ceive
[
di sv
]
(
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 svəb'l
]
adjective
de·ceiv·er
noun
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de·ceiv·a·ble [ di svəb'l ] adjectivede·ceiv·er noun
