Definition of deceive

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Deceive (v. t.) 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..

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Cony-catch :: Cony-catch (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Cullible :: Cullible (a.) Easily deceived; gullible.
Hoodwink :: Hoodwink (v. t.) To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait..
Betray :: Betray (v. t.) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause..
Hocus :: Hocus (v. t.) To deceive or cheat.
Bubbler :: Bubbler (v. t.) To cheat; to deceive.
Trickster :: Trickster (n.) One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.
Mocker :: Mocker (n.) A deceiver; an impostor.
Dupe :: Dupe (n.) To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery..
Invention :: Invention (n.) A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.
Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Self-deceived :: Self-deceived (a.) Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception..
Trumpery :: Trumpery (n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish..
Dupe :: Dupe (n.) One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer..
Bejape :: Bejape (v. t.) To jape; to laugh at; to deceive.
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
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