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- 1. an edible woodland mushroom with a lilac cap and stem, found in both Eurasia and North America.
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1. : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid. deceiving customers about the condition of the cars. bluffing at poker in order to deceive the other players. 2. archaic : ensnare. … he it was whose guile … deceived the mother of mankind … John Milton. 3. a. obsolete : to be false to. You have deceived our trust … Shakespeare. b.
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. synonyms: beguiler, cheat, cheater, slicker, trickster. see more. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Deceiver definition: one who misleads another or others by a false appearance or statement, especially one who does so habitually. See examples of DECEIVER used in a sentence.
noun [ C ] disapproving us / dɪˈsiː.vɚ / uk / dɪˈsiː.və r/ Add to word list Add to word list. someone who deceives people: It could be difficult to detect a lie, especially from a well-practiced deceiver. Companies are becoming increasingly interested in spotting deceivers who apply to work for them. See. deceive. Fewer examples.
deceiver. Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Idioms, Wikipedia. de·ceive. (dĭ-sēv′) v. de·ceived, de·ceiv·ing, de·ceives. v.tr. 1. To cause to believe what is not true; mislead. 2. Archaic To catch by guile; ensnare. v.intr. 1. To practice deceit. 2. To give a false impression: appearances can deceive.
to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. deceive someone into doing something The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick.
Nov 14, 2017 · Definition of deceiver noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the noun deceiver is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for deceiver is from around 1384, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version) . deceiver is a borrowing from French .
[VERB noun] She deceived her father into thinking she was going to school. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: take in, trick, fool [informal], cheat More Synonyms of deceive. 2. verb. If you deceive yourself, you do not admit to yourself something that you know is true.
to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. deceive someone into doing something The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. Synonym. trick.
