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decieve

decieve is the misspelling of deceive.

Meaning of deceive

Verb

deceive (third-person singular simple present deceives, present participle deceiving, simple past and past participle deceived)

  1. (transitive) To trick or mislead.
    • It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

Questions about decieve

What is decieve the misspelling of?
Decieve is the misspelling of deceive.

Words near decieve in the dictionary

  1. deciduous teeth
  2. deciduous tooth
  3. deciduous winterberry
  4. deciduously
  5. deciduousness
  6. decieve
  7. decigrade
  8. decigrades
  9. decigram
  10. decigramme
  11. decigrammes

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