deceivev.

/dɪˈsiːv/

Forms: α. Middle English deseue, desayue, desaife, deceife, decayue, dicayue, Middle English deseyue, deseuy, Middle English–1500s deceue, Middle English–1600s deceyue, Middle English–1500s desave, (Scottish desawe), 1500s deceaph, 1500s–1600s deceaue, Middle English– deceive. β. Middle English desceiue, Middle English desceyue, desayue, Middle English desaue, desayfe, Middle English–1500s deseyue. γ. Middle English (Scottish) dissaf, Middle English disceyue, diseyue, dysceue, dysaue, Middle English (1500s Scottish) dissaue, Middle English–1500s dyssayue, Middle English disceue, dissaiue, dissayue, (Scottish dissayf, dissawe), dysseyue, Middle English–1500s dysceyue, dysseue, 1500s disceiue, disceaue, Scottish dissaif.

Etymology: < Old French decev-eir (stressed stem deceiv- ), modern French décevoir < Latin dēcipĕre , < de- prefix 1a or 1d + capĕre to take. Compare conceive v.The stem was subject in Middle English and 16th cent. to the same variations as those mentioned under deceit n., and the prefix varied in like manner as de-, des-, dis-, whence came such curious spellings as disceave, dissave, dissaif; the stem vowel has passed through the stages /ɛɪ//ɛː//eː//iː/. Quarles in 1635 ( Emblems iii. ii.) rhymed deceiv'd thee: sav'd thee. (The literal sense of Latin dēcipĕre was apparently to catch in a trap, to entrap, ensnare; hence, to catch by guile; to get the better of by fraud; to cheat, mislead.)

†1. transitive. To ensnare; to take unawares by craft or guile; to overcome, overreach, or get the better of by trickery; to beguile or betray into mischief or sin; to mislead. Obsolete (or archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)] > into a place, action, etc.

betrayc1250

weyec1315

deceivea1375

to draw out1579

fond1628

drill1662

seduce1673

surprise1696

to rope into1859

forset1872

steer1889

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3307 A-drad to þe deth þei deseuy here wold.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. vii. 418 Somtyme a tame culuoure is..taughte to begyle and to dysceyue wylde coluoures and ledyth theym in to the foulers nette.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27214 & queþer he was þus dessayuid, sone ofter his creature he resceyuid.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3172 Þat þe child were noght percayued, Ar þe suord him had dicayued.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 4 The deuell..devised how he myght best disceyve the thre doughtres of this riche man.

1594 Willobie his Auisa xlvii. f. 43^v Apply her still with dyuers thinges, (For giftes the wysest will deceaue).

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. D A certaine English man.., was deceiued by those sands: for.., he was suddenly ouertaken and ouerwhelmed with the waters.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 35 He it was, whose guile..deceiv'd The Mother of Mankinde.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 170 As we hooked and deceived the poor Carp, so was I betrayed by false Baits.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II The mother of mankind, who was deceived by the serpent.

a. To cause to believe what is false; to mislead as to a matter of fact, lead into error, impose upon, delude, ‘take in’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]

aschrenchc885

blendc888

swikec950

belirtOE

beswike971

blencha1000

blenka1000

belieOE

becatchc1175

trokec1175

beguile?c1225

biwrench?c1225

guile?c1225

trechec1230

unordainc1300

blink1303

deceivec1320

feintc1330

trechetc1330

misusea1382

blind1382

forgo1382

beglose1393

troil1393

turnc1405

lirt?a1425

abuse?a1439

ludify1447

amuse1480

wilec1480

trump1487

delude?a1505

sile1508

betrumpa1522

blear1530

aveugle1543

mislippen1552

pot1560

disglose1565

oversile1568

blaze1570

blirre1570

bleck1573

overtake1581

fail1590

bafflea1592

blanch1592

geck?a1600

hallucinate1604

hoodwink1610

intrigue1612

guggle1617

nigglea1625

nose-wipe1628

cog1629

cheat1637

flam1637

nurse1639

jilt1660

top1663

chaldese1664

bilk1672

bejuggle1680

nuzzlec1680

snub1694

bite1709

nebus1712

fugle1719

to take in1740

have?1780

quirk1791

rum1812

rattlesnake1818

chicane1835

to suck in1842

mogue1854

blinker1865

to have on1867

mag1869

sleight1876

bumfuzzle1878

swop1890

wool1890

spruce1917

jive1928

shit1934

smokescreen1950

dick1964

c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 109 I wald noght he decayued ware.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiv. 11 Many false prophetis schulen ryse, and disceyue many.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 237 Thai mak ay thair ansuering In-till dowbill vndirstanding, Till dissaf [1489 Adv. dissaiff] thame that will thame trow.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 462 Soo dysguysed for to dysceyve vs.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 164 Or els the rewlys of astronomy Dyssauys me.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 69 By hys fayr langage he may dyssayue vs.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets civ. sig. G2^v Mine eye may be deceaued .

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 189 Who [can] deceive his mind, whose eye Views all things at one view?

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 179 Two statesmen, who laboured to deceive each other and the world.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 98 Wolsey..was too wise to be deceived with outward prosperity.

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. xix. 201 He denied it..and I believed he was attempting..to deceive me.

b. absol. To use deceit, act deceitfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (intransitive)]

swikec1000

fokena1275

beguilec1305

deceivec1340

sleight1530

cloyne?1548

cog?1577

sham1678

hocus-pocus1687

spruce1916

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 3 If þou will nowthire be dyssayuede ne dyssayue.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 172 Quhair Fortoun..dissavis, Withe freyndlie smylingis lyk ane hure.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xv. 90 He can neyther erre nor deceiue.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 29 A moment of difficulty and danger, at which flattery and falshood can no longer deceive.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xvii. 343 O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 160 The makers of household implements..should be ashamed to deceive in the practice of their craft.

c. reflexive. To allow oneself to be misled; to delude oneself. [ < French se tromper.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > deceive oneself [verb (reflexive)]

deceive1382

sophisticate1597

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 22 Be ȝe doers of the word and not herers onely, deceyuynge you silf.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Bel & Dragon i. A Daniel smyled, and sayde: O kynge, disceaue not thyselfe.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 74 I can no longer deceive myself.

1884 W. E. Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 Do not let us deceive ourselves on that point.

d. In passive sometimes merely: To be mistaken, be in error.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > be mistaken

misbethinka1300

deceivec1315

misreckon1530

overshoot1535

mistake1596

c1315 Shoreham 93 Ac many man desceyved hys..And weyneth that he be out of peryl.

c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II (Percy) lv Forsoth he is deseyved, He wenyth he doth ful wel.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour 33 We are foule deceiued in you the tyme passed.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mij He was not deceaued in his opinion.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 111 That is the voyce, or I am much deceau'd of Portia.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 194 How much is the good Duke deceiu'd in Angelo.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. vi. 159 I am very much deceived in Mr. Nightingale, if..he hath not much Goodness of Heart at the Bottom.

†3.

a. To be or prove false to, play false, deal treacherously with; to betray. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [verb (transitive)]

trechec1230

betrayc1275

trayc1275

treason13..

traise1320

trechetc1330

betradec1375

betraisec1386

deceivea1400

bewray1535

reveal1640

double-cross1889

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)]

falsec1374

deceivea1400

forsweara1586

perjure?1610

jilt1853

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1894 Quen noe sagh..þat þis rauen had him deceueid, Lete vt a doue.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 480 Thai swor that he had dissawit thar lord.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bvi The corruptible rychesse of this worlde..forsaketh & deceyueth hym whan he weneth leste.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 11 You haue deceiu'd our trust.

1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 53 Fame deceaues the dead mans trust.

1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xv. §26. 324 He that does not carefully look to his Masters profit, deceives his trust.

b. figurative. To prove false to; †to frustrate (a purpose, etc.) obsolete; to disappoint (hope, expectation, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart

discomfitc1230

blenk?a1400

mispoint1480

fruster1490

frustrate?a1513

disappoint1545

destitutea1563

foila1564

deceive1571

thwart1581

balka1593

discomfort1596

unwont1629

fail1634

1571 Act 13 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 360 Which good meaning of that good lawe..is daylie..deceyved by diverse evill disposed persons.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxviii. 18 Till..doubtful Moon-light did our rage deceive.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 The weak old Stallion will deceive thy Care.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 390 Nor are my Hopes deceiv'd.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 89 Never was expectation more completely deceived.

†4.

a. To cheat, overreach; defraud. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]

deceivec1330

defraud1362

falsec1374

abuse?a1439

fraud1563

visure1570

cozen1583

coney-catch1592

to fetch in1592

cheat1597

sell1607

mountebanka1616

dabc1616

nigglea1625

to put it on1625

shuffle1627

cuckold1644

to put a cheat on1649

tonya1652

fourbe1654

imposturea1659

impose1662

slur1664

knap1665

to pass upon (also on)1673

snub1694

ferret1699

nab1706

shool1745

humbug1750

gag1777

gudgeon1787

kid1811

bronze1817

honeyfuggle1829

Yankee1837

middle1863

fuck1866

fake1867

skunk1867

dead-beat1888

gold-brick1893

slicker1897

screw1900

to play it1901

to do in1906

game1907

gaff1934

scalp1939

sucker1939

sheg1943

swizz1961

butt-fuck1979

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 319 Þat mad þe Tresorere þou has desceyued him.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Thess. iv. 6 That no man ouergo, nether disseyue his brother in cause, or nede.

1481 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 332 Desceteously wrought as in tannyng, where-thurgh the kynges lege peopell scholde be disceuyd.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Bvii Thay that sellis ald and ewil guidis for new and thair throw dissauis oders falslie.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 278 That the Borders..be..Set with Fine Flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they Deceiue the Trees.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §479 Where two Plants draw (much) the same Juyce, there the Neighbourhood hurteth; for the one deceiveth the other.

†b. with of: To cheat out of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 73 Whanne þei be raueine & ypocrisie disceyuen hem of here goodis.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8626 Sco parceuid, þat sco was of hir child deceuid.

1525 Wido Edyth The sixt merye Jest: how this wydowe Edyth deceiued a Draper..of a new Gowne and a new Kyrtell.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 62 To deceive them of it and to gain it for themselves.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 990 Childless thou art, Childless remaine: So Death shall be deceav'd his glut.

a1761 W. Oldys in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (1823) 2nd Ser. III. 481 [He] deceived me of a good sum of money which he owed me.

†5. To beguile, wile away (time, tediousness, etc.). Obsolete. (Cf. cheat v. 5.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly

short1449

shorten1579

deceive1591

sport1593

delude1615

entreata1616

while1635

elude1660

divert1707

dangle1727

wile1796

smile1803

to round off1824

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 65 Let us do something to deceaue the time, and that we may not thinke it long.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ii. 5 To deceive the tediousness of the Pilgrimage.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 This while I sung, my Sorrows I deceiv'd.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 362 Happy to deceive the time, Not waste it.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xxxvii. 36 Amusements to deceive away the time.

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单词	deceive
释义	deceivev. /dɪˈsiːv/ Forms: α. Middle English deseue, desayue, desaife, deceife, decayue, dicayue, Middle English deseyue, deseuy, Middle English–1500s deceue, Middle English–1600s deceyue, Middle English–1500s desave, (Scottish desawe), 1500s deceaph, 1500s–1600s deceaue, Middle English– deceive. β. Middle English desceiue, Middle English desceyue, desayue, Middle English desaue, desayfe, Middle English–1500s deseyue. γ. Middle English (Scottish) dissaf, Middle English disceyue, diseyue, dysceue, dysaue, Middle English (1500s Scottish) dissaue, Middle English–1500s dyssayue, Middle English disceue, dissaiue, dissayue, (Scottish dissayf, dissawe), dysseyue, Middle English–1500s dysceyue, dysseue, 1500s disceiue, disceaue, Scottish dissaif. Etymology: < Old French decev-eir (stressed stem deceiv- ), modern French décevoir < Latin dēcipĕre , < de- prefix 1a or 1d + capĕre to take. Compare conceive v.The stem was subject in Middle English and 16th cent. to the same variations as those mentioned under deceit n., and the prefix varied in like manner as de-, des-, dis-, whence came such curious spellings as disceave, dissave, dissaif; the stem vowel has passed through the stages /ɛɪ//ɛː//eː//iː/. Quarles in 1635 ( Emblems iii. ii.) rhymed deceiv'd thee: sav'd thee. (The literal sense of Latin dēcipĕre was apparently to catch in a trap, to entrap, ensnare; hence, to catch by guile; to get the better of by fraud; to cheat, mislead.) †1. transitive. To ensnare; to take unawares by craft or guile; to overcome, overreach, or get the better of by trickery; to beguile or betray into mischief or sin; to mislead. Obsolete (or archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)] > into a place, action, etc. betrayc1250 weyec1315 deceivea1375 to draw out1579 fond1628 drill1662 seduce1673 surprise1696 to rope into1859 forset1872 steer1889 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3307 A-drad to þe deth þei deseuy here wold. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. vii. 418 Somtyme a tame culuoure is..taughte to begyle and to dysceyue wylde coluoures and ledyth theym in to the foulers nette. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27214 & queþer he was þus dessayuid, sone ofter his creature he resceyuid. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3172 Þat þe child were noght percayued, Ar þe suord him had dicayued. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 4 The deuell..devised how he myght best disceyve the thre doughtres of this riche man. 1594 Willobie his Auisa xlvii. f. 43^v Apply her still with dyuers thinges, (For giftes the wysest will deceaue). 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. D A certaine English man.., was deceiued by those sands: for.., he was suddenly ouertaken and ouerwhelmed with the waters. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 35 He it was, whose guile..deceiv'd The Mother of Mankinde. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 170 As we hooked and deceived the poor Carp, so was I betrayed by false Baits. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View Nature II The mother of mankind, who was deceived by the serpent. 2. a. To cause to believe what is false; to mislead as to a matter of fact, lead into error, impose upon, delude, ‘take in’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)] aschrenchc885 blendc888 swikec950 belirtOE beswike971 blencha1000 blenka1000 belieOE becatchc1175 trokec1175 beguile?c1225 biwrench?c1225 guile?c1225 trechec1230 unordainc1300 blink1303 deceivec1320 feintc1330 trechetc1330 misusea1382 blind1382 forgo1382 beglose1393 troil1393 turnc1405 lirt?a1425 abuse?a1439 ludify1447 amuse1480 wilec1480 trump1487 delude?a1505 sile1508 betrumpa1522 blear1530 aveugle1543 mislippen1552 pot1560 disglose1565 oversile1568 blaze1570 blirre1570 bleck1573 overtake1581 fail1590 bafflea1592 blanch1592 geck?a1600 hallucinate1604 hoodwink1610 intrigue1612 guggle1617 nigglea1625 nose-wipe1628 cog1629 cheat1637 flam1637 nurse1639 jilt1660 top1663 chaldese1664 bilk1672 bejuggle1680 nuzzlec1680 snub1694 bite1709 nebus1712 fugle1719 to take in1740 have?1780 quirk1791 rum1812 rattlesnake1818 chicane1835 to suck in1842 mogue1854 blinker1865 to have on1867 mag1869 sleight1876 bumfuzzle1878 swop1890 wool1890 spruce1917 jive1928 shit1934 smokescreen1950 dick1964 c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 109 I wald noght he decayued ware. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. xxiv. 11 Many false prophetis schulen ryse, and disceyue many. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 237 Thai mak ay thair ansuering In-till dowbill vndirstanding, Till dissaf [1489 Adv. dissaiff] thame that will thame trow. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 462 Soo dysguysed for to dysceyve vs. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiv. 164 Or els the rewlys of astronomy Dyssauys me. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 69 By hys fayr langage he may dyssayue vs. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets civ. sig. G2^v Mine eye may be deceaued . View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 189 Who [can] deceive his mind, whose eye Views all things at one view? View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 179 Two statesmen, who laboured to deceive each other and the world. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 98 Wolsey..was too wise to be deceived with outward prosperity. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. xix. 201 He denied it..and I believed he was attempting..to deceive me. b. absol. To use deceit, act deceitfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (intransitive)] swikec1000 fokena1275 beguilec1305 deceivec1340 sleight1530 cloyne?1548 cog?1577 sham1678 hocus-pocus1687 spruce1916 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 3 If þou will nowthire be dyssayuede ne dyssayue. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 172 Quhair Fortoun..dissavis, Withe freyndlie smylingis lyk ane hure. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xv. 90 He can neyther erre nor deceiue. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 29 A moment of difficulty and danger, at which flattery and falshood can no longer deceive. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xvii. 343 O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 160 The makers of household implements..should be ashamed to deceive in the practice of their craft. c. reflexive. To allow oneself to be misled; to delude oneself. [ < French se tromper.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > deceive oneself [verb (reflexive)] deceive1382 sophisticate1597 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 22 Be ȝe doers of the word and not herers onely, deceyuynge you silf. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Bel & Dragon i. A Daniel smyled, and sayde: O kynge, disceaue not thyselfe. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 74 I can no longer deceive myself. 1884 W. E. Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 Do not let us deceive ourselves on that point. d. In passive sometimes merely: To be mistaken, be in error. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)] > be mistaken misbethinka1300 deceivec1315 misreckon1530 overshoot1535 mistake1596 c1315 Shoreham 93 Ac many man desceyved hys..And weyneth that he be out of peryl. c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II (Percy) lv Forsoth he is deseyved, He wenyth he doth ful wel. a1450 Knt. de la Tour 33 We are foule deceiued in you the tyme passed. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mij He was not deceaued in his opinion. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 111 That is the voyce, or I am much deceau'd of Portia. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 194 How much is the good Duke deceiu'd in Angelo. View more context for this quotation 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. vi. 159 I am very much deceived in Mr. Nightingale, if..he hath not much Goodness of Heart at the Bottom. View more context for this quotation †3. a. To be or prove false to, play false, deal treacherously with; to betray. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > treacherous action > [verb (transitive)] trechec1230 betrayc1275 trayc1275 treason13.. traise1320 trechetc1330 betradec1375 betraisec1386 deceivea1400 bewray1535 reveal1640 double-cross1889 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] falsec1374 deceivea1400 forsweara1586 perjure?1610 jilt1853 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1894 Quen noe sagh..þat þis rauen had him deceueid, Lete vt a doue. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 480 Thai swor that he had dissawit thar lord. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bvi The corruptible rychesse of this worlde..forsaketh & deceyueth hym whan he weneth leste. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 11 You haue deceiu'd our trust. View more context for this quotation 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 53 Fame deceaues the dead mans trust. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xv. §26. 324 He that does not carefully look to his Masters profit, deceives his trust. b. figurative. To prove false to; †to frustrate (a purpose, etc.) obsolete; to disappoint (hope, expectation, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > frustrate, thwart discomfitc1230 blenk?a1400 mispoint1480 fruster1490 frustrate?a1513 disappoint1545 destitutea1563 foila1564 deceive1571 thwart1581 balka1593 discomfort1596 unwont1629 fail1634 1571 Act 13 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 360 Which good meaning of that good lawe..is daylie..deceyved by diverse evill disposed persons. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxviii. 18 Till..doubtful Moon-light did our rage deceive. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 The weak old Stallion will deceive thy Care. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 390 Nor are my Hopes deceiv'd. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ii. 89 Never was expectation more completely deceived. †4. a. To cheat, overreach; defraud. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] deceivec1330 defraud1362 falsec1374 abuse?a1439 fraud1563 visure1570 cozen1583 coney-catch1592 to fetch in1592 cheat1597 sell1607 mountebanka1616 dabc1616 nigglea1625 to put it on1625 shuffle1627 cuckold1644 to put a cheat on1649 tonya1652 fourbe1654 imposturea1659 impose1662 slur1664 knap1665 to pass upon (also on)1673 snub1694 ferret1699 nab1706 shool1745 humbug1750 gag1777 gudgeon1787 kid1811 bronze1817 honeyfuggle1829 Yankee1837 middle1863 fuck1866 fake1867 skunk1867 dead-beat1888 gold-brick1893 slicker1897 screw1900 to play it1901 to do in1906 game1907 gaff1934 scalp1939 sucker1939 sheg1943 swizz1961 butt-fuck1979 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 319 Þat mad þe Tresorere þou has desceyued him. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Thess. iv. 6 That no man ouergo, nether disseyue his brother in cause, or nede. 1481 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 332 Desceteously wrought as in tannyng, where-thurgh the kynges lege peopell scholde be disceuyd. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Bvii Thay that sellis ald and ewil guidis for new and thair throw dissauis oders falslie. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 278 That the Borders..be..Set with Fine Flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they Deceiue the Trees. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §479 Where two Plants draw (much) the same Juyce, there the Neighbourhood hurteth; for the one deceiveth the other. †b. with of: To cheat out of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 73 Whanne þei be raueine & ypocrisie disceyuen hem of here goodis. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8626 Sco parceuid, þat sco was of hir child deceuid. 1525 Wido Edyth The sixt merye Jest: how this wydowe Edyth deceiued a Draper..of a new Gowne and a new Kyrtell. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 62 To deceive them of it and to gain it for themselves. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 990 Childless thou art, Childless remaine: So Death shall be deceav'd his glut. View more context for this quotation a1761 W. Oldys in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (1823) 2nd Ser. III. 481 [He] deceived me of a good sum of money which he owed me. †5. To beguile, wile away (time, tediousness, etc.). Obsolete. (Cf. cheat v. 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > pleasantly short1449 shorten1579 deceive1591 sport1593 delude1615 entreata1616 while1635 elude1660 divert1707 dangle1727 wile1796 smile1803 to round off1824 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 65 Let us do something to deceaue the time, and that we may not thinke it long. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim ii. 5 To deceive the tediousness of the Pilgrimage. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 48 This while I sung, my Sorrows I deceiv'd. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 362 Happy to deceive the time, Not waste it. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xxxvii. 36 Amusements to deceive away the time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1315
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