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 →

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 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 →
• 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

• Honesty means telling the truth and not deceiving others.
• 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deceive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.