deceive
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 →
2) To deceive yourself means to refuse to believe a truth you don't like. tree →
3) Things can deceive us too: «Looks can deceive.» tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it warns that the heart can be led astray into serving other gods. In Job and Proverbs it means to fool or mislead someone, even oneself, with false words or empty hopes. Interpretation: Tradition reads the Torah verse as a warning that wealth and comfort can lure people away from God. It reads Proverbs as a ban on lying to a neighbor, and Job as teaching that even the deceived and the deceiver are in God's power. In the primary 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
- Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; (Torah DEU.11.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His. (Writings JOB.12.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense. (Writings JOB.15.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. (Writings PRO.24.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fox deceived the crow to get the cheese. tree →
- Scam emails try to deceive people into sending money. tree →
- Don't be deceived by the small size — it's heavy. tree →
- Looks can be deceiving. tree →
- He deceived his friends about where he was. tree →
- Never try to deceive your parents about your safety. tree →
- ‘I know everything--you have deceived me. tree →
note
Spelling: e before i after c — de-ceive. Noun: deception, deceit. Adjective: deceptive (misleading), deceitful (dishonest). Regular verb.
In the corpora
- Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'
- Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith: 'Am not I in sport?'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «deceive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.