0 past simple and past participle of deceive
1 to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:
Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all my principles.
He repudiated the allegation that he had tried to deceive them.
I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.
What really angered her was the dirty underhand way they had deceived her.
They deceived us into thinking they would come back later with our money.
We have already mentioned one - is it better to know a painful truth or to be happier but deceived?
Only when she hears his 'sincere' voice used frivolously can she comprehend that she was deceived.
He is pleased thereby for he sees that he was not altogether deceived, and that he only failed to see all the sides.
