Antonyms for deceives


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-seev
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsiv


Definition of deceives

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French decevoir (12c., Modern French décevoir) "to deceive," from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.
  • verb mislead; be dishonest
Example sentences :
  • Toinette, if he deceives me, I shall never in all my life believe in any man.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • A pretence is a thing that deceives, and I have never been deceived.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Perhaps it was of that kind which most flatters us and most deceives.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He deceives himself if he fancies that I do not know all this.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
  • Yes, he said; everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • It is most plain,” said Euthydemus, “that it is he who deceives with premeditate design.
  • Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon
  • He who lays claim to the covenant, but rejects the seal, deceives himself.
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • Yet the semblance of the thing is there and this often deceives the very elect.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • And yet it deceives and betrays great as well as little men.
  • Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
  • You do not think—no, you cannot think, that he deceives the whites, or any one.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau

Synonyms for deceives

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