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# deceive

«deceive» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them believe something that is not true, in order…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (deceive, deceives, deceived, deceiving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To deceive someone means to make them believe something that is not true, in order to trick them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#m1)

2) To deceive yourself means to refuse to believe a truth you don't like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#m2)

3) Things can deceive us too: «Looks can deceive.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it is what tricksters and villains do. In safety lessons it warns about scams and fake messages that try to deceive you. Phrases: «deceive someone into», «looks can be deceiving», «don't be deceived by».

### examples

- The fox deceived the crow to get the cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x1)
- Scam emails try to deceive people into sending money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x2)
- Don't be deceived by the small size — it's heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x3)
- Looks can be deceiving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x4)
- He deceived his friends about where he was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x5)
- Never try to deceive your parents about your safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x6)
- ‘I know everything--you have deceived me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/#x7)

### note

Spelling: e before i after c — de-ceive. Noun: deception, deceit. Adjective: deceptive (misleading), deceitful (dishonest). Regular verb.

### In the corpora

- [Honesty means telling the truth and not deceiving others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/5/)
- [Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.334/)
- [Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.109/)
- [Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1029/)
- [Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.715/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deceive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.