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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive.

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Examples

  • My title deceives people, and I wish I had made it rather different.

    More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

  • My brain deceives me ... that white square in the shadow will never look as dark ad the dark square in the light ... speaking of which, that is exactly the picture I need to explain this phenomenon to my hubby.

    Another Monkey Off My Back grrm 2010

  • A little word deceives the thoughts of common men.

    The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

  • Sure, this is just one more thing that she feels Don "deceives" her about, but I don't think he was doing anything particularly bad to her.

    TV Squad 2008

  • "deceives" the Duke of Fife -- it is the Duke's word -- but that does not destroy the Duke's loyalty to him.

    Following the Equator, Part 7 Mark Twain 1872

  • "deceives" the Duke of Fife -- it is the Duke's word -- but that does not destroy the Duke's loyalty to him.

    Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

  • Fiddling crime statistics forms deceives the public that crime is decreasing.

    ‘Single Crewed’ In Ruralshire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Wherefore Satan by equates to of a false suggestion deceives believers in to obeying his will.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • Wherefore Satan by equates to of a false suggestion deceives believers in to obeying his will.

    THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009

  • If the story were written today, the key character would be Cleaver, who deceives his exploratory mission colleagues, sees Lithia as a strategic military/industrial asset, returns to it to rape it of its resources, and, at the end, inadvertenty destroys it.

    January Books 2) The Tales of Beedle the Bard nwhyte 2009

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