Deceive

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Middle English: from Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ‘catch, ensnare, cheat’.


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From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin dēcipiō(“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē-(“from”) + capiō(“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.


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deceive (v.)

"mislead by false appearance or statement," c. 1300, from Old French decevoir "to deceive" (12c., Modern French décevoir), from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de "from" or pejorative (see de-) + combining form of capere "to take," from PIE root *kap- "to grasp." Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.