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deceptive, a.|dɪˈsɛptɪv|
[a. F. déceptif, -ive (1378 in Hatzf.), in med. or mod.L. dēceptīvus, f. dēcept- ppl. stem of dēcipĕre to deceive; see -ive. In English a recent word (not in Shakes.), which has taken the place of deceptious.]
Apt or tending to deceive, having the character of deceiving.
deceptive cadence (Music): false or interrupted cadence: see false a. 2 b.
1611Cotgr., Deceptif, deceptiue, deceitfull, deceiuing. 1656in Blount Glossogr. c1780V. Knox Remarks Gram. Schools (R.), It is to be feared..that this mode of education..is ultimately deceptive. 1787F. Hargrave Tracts, Case of Impositions (R.), The deceptive verbal criticism from words no longer understood. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 295 A mere shadow and deceptive nonentity. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 171 We see the same men..kneeling, rising, bowing, with deceptive solemnity.
†b. as n. Deceiving faculty. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 268 By learning the deceptive, and proving the experience, of the magical Art. |