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Deceive

//dɪˈsiːv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To trick or mislead. transitive

    "It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you."

  2. 2
    cause someone to believe an untruth wordnet
  3. 3
    be false to; be dishonest with wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

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