Antonyms for deceives

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-seev

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsiv

Definition of deceives

Origin : c.1300, from Old French decevoir (12c., Modern French décevoir) "to deceive," from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.

verb mislead; be dishonest

Example sentences :

Toinette, if he deceives me, I shall never in all my life believe in any man.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

A pretence is a thing that deceives, and I have never been deceived.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Perhaps it was of that kind which most flatters us and most deceives.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He deceives himself if he fancies that I do not know all this.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans

Yes, he said; everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

It is most plain,” said Euthydemus, “that it is he who deceives with premeditate design.
Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon

He who lays claim to the covenant, but rejects the seal, deceives himself.
Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams

Yet the semblance of the thing is there and this often deceives the very elect.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard

And yet it deceives and betrays great as well as little men.
Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde

You do not think—no, you cannot think, that he deceives the whites, or any one.
Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau

Synonyms for deceives

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