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deceive

/dɪˈsiv/dih-SEEV
/dɪˈsiv/dih-SEEV

Meaningto take away, deceive

Common meaning: mislead someone

Journey through time

  1. Latindecipere‘to take away, deceive’source
  2. Old Frenchdecevoir‘pres’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftspres → mislead someonedeceive‘mislead someone’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin decipere ‘to take away, deceive’.

Roots

  • decipere Latin “to take away, deceive”

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