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self-deceive

self-deceive verb: to deceive oneself.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To deceive oneself.

Forms of self-deceive

third-person singular presentself-deceives
present participleself-deceiving
past participleself-deceived
pastself-deceived

Origin of self-deceive

From self- + deceive.

Words formed from self-deceive

Questions about self-deceive

What does self-deceive mean?
Self-deceive means to deceive oneself.
What part of speech is self-deceive?
Self-deceive is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-deceive?
The past tense of self-deceive is self-deceived.

Words near self-deceive in the dictionary

  1. self-deathed
  2. self-deathing
  3. self-deaths
  4. self-debate
  5. self-deceit
  6. self-deceive
  7. self-deceived
  8. self-deceiver
  9. self-deceivers
  10. self-deceives
  11. self-deceiving

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